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Maple Springs, Minnesota

Coordinates: 44°24′35″N 92°09′43″W / 44.40972°N 92.16194°W / 44.40972; -92.16194
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Maple Springs
Amtrak's Empire Builder passes through Maple Springs in 2018
Amtrak's Empire Builder passes through Maple Springs in 2018
Maple Springs is located in Minnesota
Maple Springs
Maple Springs
Location of the community of Maple Springs
within Pepin Township, Wabasha County
Maple Springs is located in the United States
Maple Springs
Maple Springs
Maple Springs (the United States)
Coordinates: 44°24′35″N 92°09′43″W / 44.40972°N 92.16194°W / 44.40972; -92.16194
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountyWabasha County
TownshipPepin Township
Elevation
764 ft (233 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
55041
Area code651
GNIS feature ID654818[1]

Maple Springs is an unincorporated community in Pepin Township, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States, along the Mississippi River and Lake Pepin. The Mississippi River and King Creek meet at Maple Springs.

The community is located between Lake City and Wabasha along U.S. Highway 61 at the intersection with 247th Avenue.

Nearby places include Lake City, Wabasha, Camp Lacupolis, and Reads Landing.

Maple Springs was originally named King's Cooley, after a coulee on the farm of a nearby settler named King. It had a station on the former Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad – the "Milwaukee Road".[2]

Amtrak’s Empire Builder, which operates between Seattle/Portland and Chicago, passes through the town on BNSF tracks, but makes no stop. The nearest station is located in Red Wing, 23 miles (37 km) to the northwest. Maple Springs remains a popular location for railroad photography, due to the sweeping curve nestled between the scenic high bluffs and wide expanse of Lake Pepin along the river.

Local businesses include a fishing resort along Lake Pepin.


References

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  1. ^ "Maple Springs, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Minnesota Place Names". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved May 9, 2009.