Maple Island | |
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  Maple Island  Maple Island | |
| Coordinates: 43°45′40″N93°09′54″W / 43.76111°N 93.16500°W Coordinates: 43°45′40″N93°09′54″W / 43.76111°N 93.16500°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Freeborn |
| Township | Newry Township and Moscow Township |
| Elevation | 1,217 ft (371 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 56045 |
| Area code(s) | 507 |
| GNIS feature ID | 647478 [1] |
Maple Island is an unincorporated community in Freeborn County, Minnesota, United States. It is located within Newry Township and Moscow Township.
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.
Freeborn County is a county in the state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 31,255. Its county seat is Albert Lea.
Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwest, Great Lakes, and northern regions of the United States. Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd U.S. state on May 11, 1858, created from the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory. The state has a large number of lakes, and is known by the slogan the "Land of 10,000 Lakes". Its official motto is L'Étoile du Nord.
The community is located east of Hollandale along State Highway 251 near Freeborn County Road 30. Other nearby places include Corning, Blooming Prairie, Geneva, and Clarks Grove.
Hollandale is a city on State Highway 251 in Freeborn County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 303 at the 2010 census.
Minnesota State Highway 251 is a highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from its interchange with Interstate 35 at Clarks Grove and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 218 in Lansing Township, north of Austin.
Corning is an unincorporated community in Freeborn and Mower Counties, Minnesota, United States.
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad had a station at Maple Island. [2]
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad was a Class I railroad in the United States. It was also known as the Rock Island Line, or, in its final years, The Rock.
