Editing Spring Park, Minnesota (section)

{{Short description|City in Minnesota, United States}}
{{Distinguish|Spring Lake Park, Minnesota}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name                   = Spring Park
| settlement_type                 = [[City]]
| nickname                        = 
| motto                           = 
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| image_skyline                   = File:2009-0713-SpringPark-CH.jpg
| imagesize                       = 
| image_caption                   = City hall
| image_flag                      = 
| image_seal                      = 
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| image_map                       = Hennepin County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Spring Park Highlighted.svg
| mapsize                         = 250px
| map_caption                     = Location of Spring Park<br/>within [[Hennepin County, Minnesota|Hennepin County]], Minnesota
| image_map1                      = 
| mapsize1                        = 
| map_caption1                    = 
<!-- Location -->
| 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 -->
| government_footnotes            = 
| government_type                 = 
| leader_title                    = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name                     = Jerome P. "Jerry" Rockvam
| leader_title1                   = 
| leader_name1                    = 
| established_title               = Incorporated
| established_date                = 1951

<!-- 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                  = 1.57
| area_land_km2                   = 0.91
| area_water_km2                  = 0.65
| area_total_sq_mi                = 0.60
| area_land_sq_mi                 = 0.35
| area_water_sq_mi                = 0.25

<!-- Population -->
| population_as_of                = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_est                  = 
| pop_est_as_of                   = 
| population_footnotes            = 
| population_total                = 1734
| population_density_km2          = 1896.34
| population_density_sq_mi        = 4912.18

<!-- General information -->
| timezone                        = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset                      = -6
| timezone_DST                    = CDT
| utc_offset_DST                  = -5
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| elevation_m                     = 
| elevation_ft                    = 
| coordinates                     = 
<!-- Area/postal codes & others -->
| postal_code_type                = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = 55384<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/55384|title=Spring Park MN ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2024|access-date=February 5, 2024}}</ref>
| area_code                       = [[Area code 952|952]]
| blank_name                      = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
| blank_info                      = 27-62014
| blank1_name                     = 
| blank1_info                     = 
| website                         = {{URL|http://springpark.govoffice.com}}
| footnotes                       = 
| pop_est_footnotes               = 
}}

'''Spring Park''' is a city nestled on the shores of [[Lake Minnetonka]] in [[Hennepin County, Minnesota|Hennepin County]], [[Minnesota]], United States and is about 20 miles west of [[Minneapolis]]. The population was 1,669 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="2010 Census">{{cite web|title=2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST13&prodType=table|work=American FactFinder|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census|accessdate=23 April 2011}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

The small town is rich in history. What is now Spring Park was once the grounds of Hotel Del Otero, a summer lake resort built by [[James J. Hill]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our Fair City welcomes you!|url=https://www.ci.spring-park.mn.us/|access-date=2021-12-06|website=www.ci.spring-park.mn.us|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Patriot|first=Sun|title=Lake Minnetonka history: A look at the Del Otero Hotel|url=https://www.hometownsource.com/laker_pioneer/lake-minnetonka-history-a-look-at-the-del-otero-hotel/article_df266645-f8f1-516d-bcfd-d67a5148a209.html|access-date=2021-12-06|website=hometownsource.com|language=en}}</ref>

It was incorporated in 1951 and at that time had a population of a little over 200.