West Maka Ska, formerly known as West Calhoun, is a neighborhood in the U.S. city of Minneapolis. The neighborhood was generally rural with a couple grain silos along the railroad track heading into Downtown Minneapolis until about the 1910s. Although the railroad still runs through the neighborhood, the neighborhood is now mainly homes, apartment buildings, and strip malls.
West Maka Ska is the southwestern-most neighborhood of the Bde Maka Ska-Isles community in the western part of the city. It is in Ward 7, represented by council member Katie Cashman.
The neighborhood is bordered on the east by East Bde Maka Ska, the north by Cedar-Isles-Dean, the south by Linden Hills and the west by the city of St. Louis Park. Its boundaries are Lake Street to the north, Bde Maka Ska to the east, 36th Street to the south, and France Avenue to the west.
History In 2020, the neighborhood voted to change their name to West Maka Ska from West Calhoun after the name change of Bde Maka Ska from Lake Calhoun.
Demographics Race/ethnicity200020102020Number %Number %Number %White alone1,66189.061,50785.631,82185.21Black alone542.90703.98924.31Hispanic or Latino (any race)402.14613.47602.81Native American alone20.1170.4020.09Asian alone784.18754.26904.21Other race alone40.2130.1760.28Pacific Islander alone10.0500.0020.09Two or more races251.34372.10642.99Total1,865100.01,760100.02,137100.0
References
External links Minneapolis Ward 13 Neighborhoods West Maka Ska Neighborhood Council