Mapleview is a city in Lansing Township, Mower County, Minnesota, United States.

[5] It was named for a row of maple trees that once stood on the west side of town.

[citation needed] The village of Mapleview was incorporated in 1945 to provide facilities for approximately 100 families.

In 1948, a plot of land north of town was purchased, where the liquor store, fire station, water tower, pump house and equipment garages were eventually built.

In 1954, the city bought 4 acres (1.6 ha) along Murphy Creek, and this became Hillside Park.

Mapleview is in western Mower County and is bordered to the south, east, and west, by the city of Austin.

Oakwood Cemetery is directly south of the Mapleview/Austin border, while Austin's Wildwood Park is to the southeast.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mapleview has a total area of 0.18 square miles (0.47 km2), all of it recorded as land.

34.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.