Merriam Park, MN Real Estate

Median Income $39,957

Median Age 36.18

Population 1,893

	Median Temperature
	January	HI 21°	LO 4°	July	HI 83°	LO 63°

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	Elementary: Bush Memorial Chelsea Heights Area Learning Center Expo Magnet At Harriet Bishop Galtier Magnet Groveland Park Hancock Hamline Univ Mag Highland Park Horace Mann J J Hill Montessori Magnet Longfellow Humanities Mag Maxfield Magnet Randolph Heights St Anthony Park Webster Magnet Linwood A Plus		Middle: Building Esteem And Success Today And Tomorrow Cyber Village Academy Highland Park High Murray High Ramsey High		High: Agape Center Bush Land Central Senior Community Based Psd - N S Community Learning Circle Creative Arts Focus Beyond Gateway - Recovering Youth Gordon Parks For Recording Arts Land Park Senior International Academy Leap L E A D Alternative Learning Center
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The Merriam Park District Council is one of seventeen neighborhood district councils in St. Paul formed in 1975 to advise the St. Paul City Council on issues related to the development of its area, as well as city and state issues.

In 1881, John L. Merriam, a business entrepreneur, began platting his 140 acres into a development he called "Merriam Park." Conveniently located between St. Paul and Minneapolis, Merriam envisioned the community as a "suburban residence town" for business and professional workers and their families: commuter train service in the midst of wild flowers and country solitude.

The suburb materialized and was designed in the popular 19th-century style of a Victorian garden park in which skilled craftsmen built large homes to fit the individual taste of the owners. The "modern" commuter of his day boarded a train at the Merriam Park Depot for a brief 5-mile, 12-minute ride to either Minneapolis or St. Paul's downtown. Eventually, streetcar service and electric lights began to replace the trains and gas lights. Horses and buggies became automobiles.

Today, Interstate 94 passes through Merriam Park, creating a commercial corridor as well as easy-access to surrounding metro suburbs and communities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Despite many changes and much development in the past century, Merriam Park maintains the "suburban residence town" that John Merriam envisioned.

Merriam Park is an upper-middle-class residential neighborhood boasting early twentieth-century-style housing, the grandest versions of which are situated with views of the Mississippi River and quick access to bike paths and running routes along the River. The population is ethnically diverse, made up of predominantly Caucasian, followed by residents of African-American, Asian and Hispanic makeup.

For shopping and dining, visit the boutique-dominated commercial strips located on Selby, Cretin and Cleveland Avenues. The neighborhood-feel is fostered by an active community council that hosts social and charitable events for neighbors to get acquainted with one another and give back to their community.

Merriam Park is anchored by a strong community center facility that provides a multi-purpose room, indoor gym, children's play area, basketball court, skate park, batting cage, ball fields, tennis courts and youth, adult and senior programming. This neighborhood would be a lovely place to relocate a family and possibly invest in your life-long home.

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