The city of Mapleton, Minnesota is in Blue Earth County, in the central-southern part of the state. The main routes through the city are by Minnesota Highways 22 and 30. Mapleton is south of Beauford, east-northeast of Sterling Center and Amboy, and northwest of Minnesota Lake. Other nearby localities include Alma City, Garden City, Good Thunder, Nashville Center, Pemberton, Vernon Center, Waldorf, and Willow Creek. Mankato is about eighteen miles north of Mapleton. The land was first settled in 1856, and named Sherman in 1858, for Isaac Sherman, an early settler of Danville. A town government was platted by the Minnesota Settlement Association in 1861, at which time it took its present name for the Maple River. Due to the Civil War, the town’s organization was never completed, and it was superseded by a new townsite platted in 1871 when the Southern Minnesota Railroad was extended to that point, and incorporated in 1878. Its original post office, begun in 1857, was called Mapleton, Old Mapleton, Hawkins, and then Mapleton Station, when it was reestablished as part of Mapleton. Other than a 19.7% drop in its population at the time of the 1910 census, the city’s population has increased each census year.
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Mapleton is a small city in Blue Earth County. The official municipal web site introduces city officials and departments, including office hours and contacts, council agendas and minutes, demographics and a profile of the community, and a guide to local schools, attractions and events. A business directory is included.
http://www.mapletonmn.com/
Based in the city of Mapleton, Minnesota, the electrical service company has served the Mapleton community since 1958, offering residential, commercial, farm, street and roadway lighting, and athletic field lighting services, including installations. Its office location, hours, and contacts are posted.
http://www.kunkelelectric.com/
Mapleton Area Chamber of Commerce
Made up of business owners and managers from the Mapleton, Minnesota area, the non-profit membership organization acts to lead, inform and advocate for the business interests of its members. Its board of directors, meeting schedules, and directory of local businesses is put forth.
http://www.mapletonchamber.com/
Founded in 1965, the nursing home and rehabilitation center features a sixty-bed, non-profit skilled nursing facility, with private and semi-private rooms, housekeeping and laundry services, in-house beauty and barber services, and a special care suite with an adjoining family room. Employment opportunities are posted to the site.
http://mapletoncommunityhome.com/
Boasting a four-sheet curling rink, the Mapleton, Minnesota club was organized as the Blue Earth Valley Burns Club in 1866, and renamed the Maple River Curling Club in 1888, then moved to Mapleton in 1894. In 1904, a group met to build an enclosed curling rink and the organization was incorporated as the Heather Curling Club, eventually taking its current name. Bonspiels, leagues, and a calendar of events are posted.
http://mapletoncurlingclub.org/
Locally owned and operated, the boat, pontoon, dock and boat lift sales and service has been in business for more than thirty years. Situated off Minnesota Highway 22 in Mapleton, Minnesota, the company is just fifteen miles south of Mankato. A list of its services is offered, with information about its parts, service, and repair departments, and an inventory of its products is included.
http://www.mapletonmarine.com/
Incorporated in Mapleton Station, Minnesota in 1876, the church was first known as German Evangelical Lutheran Saint Johannes Church Unaltered Augsburg Confession, the Mapleton congregation meets at its facilities on Central Avenue North. Service opportunities and a calendar of events are noted.
http://www.mapletonmnlutheran.org/
The Mapleton, Minnesota congregation began in 1917 when two local churches decided to unite, although it didn’t officially become the United Church of Mapleton until 1930. Its history, address, and a map showing the location of the church are put forth, along with staff contacts and office hours.
http://www.unitedchurchmapleton.org/
