Maple River (Minnesota)

The Maple River near Mapleton

The Maple River is an 80.3-mile-long (129.2 km)[1] tributary of the Le Sueur River in southern Minnesota in the United States.[2] Via the Le Sueur, Blue Earth and Minnesota rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.

The river received its name from the groves of maple trees lining its banks.[3]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed October 5, 2012
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Maple River
  3. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 188.