Windom Community

Windom is a southwest Minneapolis neighborhood. Abutting I-35W and Highway 62, Windom residents enjoy a location that is near many of the metro area’s best features: Minnehaha Creek and the Chain of Lakes, direct access for work or play to major arterials and the International Airport, great local businesses and short drives to major cultural attractions and malls.

Location

To the west, Windom is bordered by Lyndale Avenue South and Highway 121. Diamond Lake Road forms the north border and Interstate 35W is the eastern edge of the community. The southern boundary, Highway 62, is also the Minneapolis city limit. Richfield is Windom’s neighbor to the south.

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History

How our community got its name

The village of Windom was named after William Windom who served in the mid- to late-1800s as a United States congressman and senator from Minnesota and as Secretary of the Treasury under President James A. Garfield and President Benjamin Harrison.

Windom was a strong supporter of President Lincoln and later the Radical Republicans, with a special interest in Indian affairs. He served only eight months as Secretary of the Treasury during his first term in 1881, but stamped the time with an indelible impression of strength, sagacity and integrity that reflected his personal qualities of mind and spirit. It was a time of financial crisis facing the government, public debt was enormous and the annual interest charge was very heavy. Windom successfully manuevered the banks to lower interest on public debt at a cost to the government of about $10,000—saving the taxpayers an annual interest charge of more than $10 million.

From the U.S. Department of the Treasury Website: http://www.ustreas.gov/

U.S Census Statistics

2000 Population = 4,984
2000 Households = 2,158 (Split 50/50 between rental and owner occupied)
2000 Household income = $44,423
1999 Poverty = 8% below poverty level (7% over 65 years of age)
For more information, visit the City of Minneapolis.

Schools

Museums

Visit The Museum of Russian Art (TMORA) at the corner of Diamond Lake Road and Stevens Avenue to view the only museum in North America dedicated only to Russian art from the Soviet era.

Businesses

About 15 percent of the southern portion of Windom is an industrial area.