Mapleview, MN

Mapleview is a city in Lansing Township, Mower County, Minnesota, United States. The 2020 census counted 144 residents. Mapleview is a suburb of Austin, the county seat. Mapleview was named for a row of maple trees that once stood on the west side of town. The through line in Mapleview is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Mapleview makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. The village of Mapleview was incorporated in 1945 to provide facilities for approximately 100 families. In 1948, a plot of land north of town was purchased, where the liquor store, fire station, water tower, pump house and equipment garages were eventually built. Mapleview is in western Mower County and is bordered to the south, east, and west, by Austin.