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Maple Landing

Ghost town · Monona County, Iowa

Onawa SW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1969, 1:24,000)
Onawa SW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1969, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Maple Landing is a ghost town in Monona County, Iowa. It is the only former community in Monona County recorded on the federal names register, out of 226 across Iowa.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Maple Landing as a historical populated place on the Onawa SW topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 42.0922° N, 96.2136° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleOnawa SW
Elevation1,060 ft
Nearest living townWhiting, IA
Distance to it4 miles
GNIS feature ID464166
Coordinates42.09221, -96.21363

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What's there now

Maple Landing is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Whiting, IA (population 840), about 4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,060 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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