Editing Minnehaha, Washington

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|official_name            = Minnehaha, Washington
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|image_skyline            = East Minnehaha neighborhood, Minnehaha, Washington, NE 40th Avenue entrance, May 2022.jpg
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|subdivision_name1        = [[Washington (state)|Washington]]
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Clark County, Washington|Clark]]
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|postal_code              = 98661<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/98661|title=Minnehaha ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2023|access-date=January 12, 2023}}</ref>
|area_code                = [[Area code 360|360]]
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|blank_info               = 53-46125<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
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'''Minnehaha''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Clark County, Washington|Clark County]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], United States. The population was 11,871 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref name="2020 Census">{{cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Census Bureau profile: Minnehaha, Washington |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Minnehaha_CDP,_Washington?g=160XX00US5346125 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=May 8, 2024}}</ref>

==Toponym==
This area got its name from a [[The Columbian|''Columbian'']] newspaper editorial in 1891. The editor wrote about Burnt Bridge Creek and called it "Minnehaha, laughing water," from Longfellow's poem "[[The Song of Hiawatha]]". The name appealed to the citizenry and they kept it. Before that the area was called the "Black Forest" for its thick timber.

While ''[[Minnehaha]]'', a Native American word, is often translated as "Laughing Water", the correct translation is "curling water" or "waterfall", as in [[Minnehaha Falls]], Minnesota. The name comes from the [[Dakota language]].

==Geography==
Minnehaha is located in southwestern Clark County and is bordered on the west, south, and east by the city of [[Vancouver, Washington|Vancouver]] and on the north by [[Walnut Grove, Washington|Walnut Grove]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Minnehaha CDP has a total area of {{convert|5.8|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.02|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.26%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US5346125| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Minnehaha CDP, Washington| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=September 3, 2015}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1990=9661
| 2000=7689
| 2010=9771
| 2020=11871
| footnote=Sources:<ref>{{cite web
  |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html
  |title=CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING (1790&ndash;2000)
  |publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]
  |accessdate=2010-07-30}}</ref><ref name="Census 2010"/><ref name="2020 Census"/>
}}
As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 7,689 people, 2,795 households, and 2,031 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 3,464.1 people per square mile (1,337.3/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 2,907 housing units at an average density of 1,309.7/sq&nbsp;mi (505.6/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the CDP was 88.28% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.20% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.95% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.81% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.62% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.09% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.04% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.10% of the population. 15.0% were of German, 13.2% English, 8.2% American and 7.8% Irish ancestry according to [[Census 2000]].

There were 2,795 households, out of which 36.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.1% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.3% were non-families. 20.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.18.

In the CDP, the age distribution of the population shows 28.6% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.2 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $46,766, and the median income for a family was $50,585. Males had a median income of $39,167 versus $28,984 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $20,023. About 8.9% of families and 11.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 15.9% of those under age 18 and 7.0% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
It is within [[Vancouver Public Schools]].<ref>{{Cite map |author=Geography Division|title=2020 Census – School District Reference Map: Clark County, WA |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st53_wa/schooldistrict_maps/c53011_clark/DC20SD_C53011.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213406/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st53_wa/schooldistrict_maps/c53011_clark/DC20SD_C53011.pdf |date=December 21, 2020|archive-date=June 2, 2021 |access-date=2025-03-23|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st53_wa/schooldistrict_maps/c53011_clark/DC20SD_C53011_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> The district operates Minnehaha Elementary School,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://minnehaha.vansd.org/|title=Home|publisher=Minnehaha Elementary School|access-date=2025-03-23|quote=2800 NE 54th St. Vancouver, WA 98663}}</ref> as well as [[Harry S Truman]] Elementary School.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://truman.vansd.org/|title=Home|publisher=Truman Elementary School|access-date=2025-03-23|quote=4505 NE 42nd Avenue Vancouver, WA 98661}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041021032008/http://www.columbian.com/reflections/minnehaha.html Columbian newspaper article from 1928]

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Clark County, Washington]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Washington (state)]]