Texa Tonka
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Texa-Tonka Neighborhood
Boundaries
- North: Burlington Northern Railroad
- South: Minnetonka Boulevard
- East: Louisiana Avenue
- West: Virginia Avenue & Hutchinson Spur Regional Trail
City Council Ward The Texa-Tonka neighborhood is in Ward 3. For your council representative's name, click here.
Neighborhood Characteristics- 75 percent of the neighborhood's single-family homes were built between 1951 and 1954.
- Texa-Tonka shopping center was constructed in 1953. The multi-family developments and industrial areas were constructed in the 1960's.
- The Hutchinson Spur Regional Trail runs through this neighborhood.
- Ainsworth Park, Texa-Tonka Park and Rainbow Park are located in this neighborhood.
- Texa-Tonka occupies 180.8 acres (20 blocks residential).
- Parks & open space - 4.9 percent
- Commercial/industrial - 18.0 percent
- Texa-Tonka has 868 housing units (382 single family homes, 32 duplexes, 10 townhomes, 75 condominiums and 369 apartment units).
- The average year built (single family houses) was 1952.
- Population - 1964 (2002 Census)
- None at this time
- The Texa-Tonka neighbors group formed in 1997. They host an annual summer picnic for all neighbors.
- Contact neighborhood chair Molly Hames at 952/836-1769 for more information.