Maple River (Minnesota)

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}} [[File:Maple River MN.jpg|thumb|300px|The Maple River near Mapleton]] The '''Maple River''' is an {{convert|80.3|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-03-29 }}, accessed October 5, 2012</ref> tributary of the Le Sueur River in southern Minnesota in the United States.<ref>{{GNIS|647499|Maple River}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n207 188]}}</ref>

==Course== The Maple River flows from Penny Lake in northwestern Freeborn County and initially follows a generally northwestward course through northeastern Faribault and southern Blue Earth counties. It turns northward in Blue Earth County and passes the town of Good Thunder. It joins the Le Sueur River from the south, about {{convert|6|mi|0}} south of Mankato.

==See also== *List of rivers of Minnesota

==References== {{Reflist}}

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Category:Rivers of Minnesota Category:Rivers of Blue Earth County, Minnesota Category:Rivers of Faribault County, Minnesota Category:Rivers of Freeborn County, Minnesota Category:Tributaries of the Mississippi River Category:Le Sueur River