KARE, NBC affiliate for the Twin CitiesĮven though the population of Golden Valley is around 20,000, more than 30,000 people work in Golden Valley.General Mills' expansive corporate campus in Golden Valley. What is currently the site of the Perpich Center for Arts Education was originally the Golden Valley Lutheran College, which closed in 1985. Its name was changed in 2006 from the former Parkvalley Catholic. There is also a private elementary Catholic School named Good Shepherd Catholic School. In 1981, the Breck School, a privateĮpiscopal school, purchased the former Golden Valley High School and Middle School property and moved from Minneapolis to the campus of the former Golden Valley schools. In 1988, it became Sandburg Middle School. Carl Sandburg Junior High School opened in 1959. Golden Valley High School was founded in 1957, and the adjacent Golden Valley Middle School was opened in 1964, and were closed in the early 1980s after the Golden Valley School District merged with the Hopkins School District. Some students attend public schools in other school districts chosen by their families under Minnesota's open enrollment statute. Most children who live in Golden Valley attend the Robbinsdale School District or the Hopkins School District, as all of the territory of the city belongs to one or the other school district. The Breck School, a private Episcopal school.

Highway 169, and Minnesota State Highways 55 and 100 are four of the main routes in the area. The 45th parallel north runs through Golden Valley, coinciding approximately with Duluth Street. Geography Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10.55 square miles (27.32 km 2), of which 10.20 square miles (26.42 km 2) is land and 0.35 square miles (0.91 km 2) is water. In the early twentieth century, it was mostly a farming community. Golden Valley was incorporated December 17, 1886. The first white settlers arrived in the early 1850s. Tribes of Chippewa and Sioux had encampments on nearby Medicine Lake. The population was 20,371 at the 2010 census. Golden Valley is also the home of NBC affiliate KARE, the Perpich Center for Arts Education and Breck School. It is a western suburb of Minneapolis and is the main corporate headquarters of General Mills and Pentair. Golden Valley is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States.

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