Editing Excelsior, Minnesota (section)

{{short description|Lakeside city in Minnesota, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Excelsior
| settlement_type          = [[City]]
| nickname                 = 
| motto                    = 
| image_skyline            = Water Street, Excelsior, MN Sept 2019.jpg
| imagesize                = 
| image_caption            = Water Street in Excelsior
| image_flag               = 
| image_seal               = 
| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = [[United States]]
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Minnesota]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Minnesota|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Hennepin County, Minnesota|Hennepin]]
| government_type          = 
| leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name              = Todd Carlson<ref>[http://www.ci.excelsior.mn.us/index.aspx?nid=74 Excelsior, MN - Official Website - City Council]</ref>
| established_title        = Founded
| established_title2       = Incorporated
| established_date         = 1853
| established_date2        = 1878

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| pushpin_map              = Minnesota#USA
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| image_map                = ExcelsiorHennepin.PNG
| mapsize                  = 250px
| map_caption              = Location of Excelsior within [[Hennepin County, Minnesota|Hennepin County]] and the U.S. state of [[Minnesota]]
| image_map1               = 
| mapsize1                 = 
| map_caption1             = <!-- Area -->
| unit_pref                = Imperial
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_27.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 24, 2022}}</ref>
| area_magnitude           = 
| area_total_km2           = 2.27
| area_land_km2            = 1.63
| area_water_km2           = 0.64
| area_total_sq_mi         = 0.88
| area_land_sq_mi          = 0.63
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.25

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 2355
| population_density_km2   = 1444.23
| population_density_sq_mi = 3738.10
| timezone                 = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset               = -6
| timezone_DST             = CDT
| utc_offset_DST           = -5
| elevation_footnotes      = 
| elevation_m              = 
| elevation_ft             = 945
| coordinates              = {{coord|44|54|12|N|93|33|59|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}

<!-- Area/postal codes & others -->
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code]]
| postal_code              = 55331
| area_code                = [[Area code 952|952]]
| blank_name               = [[FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 27-20078
| blank1_name              = [[GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 643477<ref name=GNIS1>{{gnis|643477|Excelsior}}</ref>
| website                  = {{URL|www.ci.excelsior.mn.us}}
| footnotes                = 
|pop_est_as_of = 
|pop_est_footnotes = 
|population_est = 
}}

'''Excelsior''' ({{IPAc-en|ɛ|k|ˈ|s|ɛ|l|s|i|ər|}} {{respell|ek|SEL|see|ər}}) is a city in [[Hennepin County, Minnesota|Hennepin County]], [[Minnesota]], United States. A western suburb of the [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul|Twin Cities]], Excelsior is about {{convert|16|mi}} southwest of downtown [[Minneapolis]]. Its population was 2,414 as of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="USCensusEst2018">{{cite web |title=Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/profiles/16000US2720078-excelsior-mn/ |access-date=May 19, 2022}}</ref>

Excelsior's commercial district along Water Street is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], and the town has many historic [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]]-era houses.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tribune |first=Katy Read Star |title=Downtown Excelsior, the Steamboat Minnehaha named to the National Register of Historic Places |url=https://www.startribune.com/downtown-excelsior-the-steamboat-minnehaha-named-to-the-national-register-of-historic-places/600111572/ |access-date=2021-11-08 |website=Star Tribune |date=October 30, 2021}}</ref> Located on [[Lake Minnetonka]]'s southern shore, the city serves as a local destination for shoppers, boaters, and restaurant-goers.