Como, Minneapolis

Como
Nickname(s): Southeast Como
Location of Como within the U.S. city of Minneapolis
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Hennepin
City	Minneapolis
Community	University
Population (2000)[1][2]
- City	5,691
- Urban	387,970
- Metro	3,502,891
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	55414
Area code(s)	612

Historical populations
Census	Pop.		%±
1980	5,083		—
1990	5,617		10.5%
2000	5,691		1.3%
2010	6,288		10.5%

Como is a neighborhood within the University community of Minneapolis. It is sometimes referred to as Southeast Como, since it is in Southeast Minneapolis, and possibly to differentiate it from the Como neighborhood in neighboring Saint Paul. Its boundaries are East Hennepin Avenue to the north, 33rd Avenue Southeast (the eastern city limit) to the east, the Southeast Industrial Area to the south, and Interstate 35W to the west.

Como features many amenities for its residents: Van Cleve Park Community Center, the Como Student Community Co-op, the University Childcare Center, Dar Al-Farooq mosque, SE Christian Church, and the Como Evangelical Free Church. The #3 busline is convenient to all who live in Como and we are minutes from Downtown Minneapolis, all of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campuses, and Downtown St. Paul.

Trivia

• Como Avenue, which forms the spine of the residential neighborhood was originally a Territorial Road laid out in 1851, called the Willow River Road (Willow River is today's Hudson, WI).
• Later, when St. Paul named Lake Como and it became a popular recreational spot, the section of the WillowRiver/Hudson Road that led to the lake from Minneapolis became known as the Como Road.
• The first residential blocks were platted in 1882 by James Tallmadge Elwell.
• Maria Sanford, the first female professor at the U of M, lived in the neighborhood and was active in the community church.
• General Mills built their research laboratory here in 1930 and created Cheerioats, which is known as Cheerios today. In the early 1950’s, GM’s mechanical division invented the Ryan Flight Recorder, more famously known as the “black box”.

Coordinates: 44°59′06″N 93°13′08″W / 44.9850°N 93.2190°W / 44.9850; -93.2190^[3]

References

1. ^ "Twin Cities Region Population and Household Estimates, 2006" (PDF). Metropolitan Council. 2006-04-01. http://www.metrocouncil.org/metroarea/2006PopulationEstimates.pdf. Retrieved 2007-07-24. 
2. ^ "Table 2: Population Estimates for the 100 Most Populous Metropolitan Statistical Areas Based on July 1, 2006 Population Estimates: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. 2007-04-05. http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/cb07-51tbl2.pdf. Retrieved 2007-04-16. 
3. ^ Como, Minneapolis, MN. Google Earth. Retrieved 2011-03-09.

External links

• Minneapolis Neighborhood Profile - Como
• Southeast Como Improvement Association