King Field
Kingfield | |
|---|---|
 Location of King Field within the U.S. city of Minneapolis | |
| Coordinates: 44°55′38″N 93°16′51″W / 44.9272°N 93.2809°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Hennepin |
| City | Minneapolis |
| Community | Southwest |
| Founded | 1849 |
| Named for | William S. King |
| City Council Ward | 8 |
| Government | |
| • Council Member | Andrea Jenkins |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.828 sq mi (2.14 km2) |
| Population (2020)[3] | |
| • Total | 7,576 |
| • Density | 9,100/sq mi (3,500/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 55409 |
| Area code | 612 |
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 8,443 | — | |
| 1990 | 7,884 | −6.6% | |
| 2000 | 7,816 | −0.9% | |
| 2010 | 7,473 | −4.4% | |
| 2020 | 7,576 | 1.4% |
King Field (alternately, Kingfield) is a neighborhood in the Southwest community in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Its boundaries are 36th Street to the north, Interstate 35W to the east, 46th Street to the south, and Lyndale Avenue to the west. King Field, within the King Field neighborhood is a park named after Martin Luther King Jr.
Kingfield is a part of Ward 8,[4] currently represented by Minneapolis City Council member Andrea Jenkins.
King Field is named after Colonel William S. King. The neighborhood is located in Minneapolis’ Southwest community between Interstate 35W on the east and Lyndale Avenue on the west. The northern boundary is 36th Street, and the southern boundary is 46th Street.
In 1885, the southern border of the city of Minneapolis was 38th Street. By 1887 the city had expanded its borders to 54th street, and thus the area which is now King Field became part of Minneapolis. King Field is mainly a residential area with three-fourths of its single-family houses built before 1920. The King Field neighborhood has a number of amenities including churches, schools, a park named after Martin Luther King Jr., and three to four dozen small businesses.[1]
This was farm country in the second half of the 19th century. Transportation was by horse and buggy. Fewer than 20 farms had been established by 1874. C.C. Garvey owned a dairy farm near 44th Street and Grand Ave. George Bichnell farmed 18 acres (73,000 m2) of land from Lyndale to Pleasant, 42nd to 43rd Streets. Hiram Van Nest farmed 28 acres (110,000 m2) of land from 40th to 42nd, Pleasant to Lyndale. The Farmsworth farm occupied 57 acres (230,000 m2) south of 47th Street and East of Nicollet.
The area between Lake Street and 40th Street was largely built between 1903 and 1914 with Colonial Revival houses and Craftsman bungalows. After World War I, the area south of 40th Street and north of Minnehaha Creek was developed. [5] The Church of the Incarnation opened in 1918 at the intersection of 38th Street and Pleasant Avenue. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2022 and is a city of Minneapolis historic district.[6]
The following is a list of streets in King Field, and the origin of their names:
Taken from “Early History of the Kingfield Neighborhood”, a new resident handout circa 1992 via Kingfield Neighborhood Association Web Site [2]
