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Maplewood is a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 42,088 at the 2020 census. Maplewood is ten minutes' drive from downtown Saint Paul. It stretches along the northern and eastern borders of Saint Paul.
Maplewood is home to the corporate headquarters and main campus of 3M Corporation. The city is also home to the Maplewood Mall and St. John's Hospital.
History
Before European Settlement in the 1840s, multiple indigenous peoples inhabited the area around Maplewood. The area was inhabited during the Woodland period, with Dakota tribes settling in the area in the 18th century.
The Maplewood area began being settled by Europeans in the 1850s. A stagecoach line operated from Saint Paul to Duluth from 1856 to 1870, stopping in the area.This ceased operation with the linkage of the construction of the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad in 1870.
In 1858, upon Minnesota's statehood, the area was organized under the McLean and New Canada Townships. The area town site of Gladstone was platted in 1887, but after a boom in the 1890s, quickly declined. During this period, Saint Paul began to annex land in the area, the primary reason for the city's 'L' shape.
In 1955, the 3M corporation completed the first buildings of its central research laboratory in the area. Rumors of annexation by Saint Paul lead to the area incorporating in 1957, by a vote of 5 to 1. This also allowed 3M to operate on the village tax base, rather than the one of St. Paul. and St. John's Hospital in 1985.
In 1993, the NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament was held in Maplewood's Aldrich Arena attracting just under 14,000 fans.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of , of which is land and is water.
U.S. Highway 61, Minnesota Highway 36, and Interstate Highways 35E, 94, 694, and 494 are six of the main routes in the city.
The city has a unique shape, extending 5.9 miles east to west and 10 miles north to south, with a 7.5-mile-long, nearly one-mile-wide southern leg. The origin of the Maplewood name is unclear, when organized the area was largely prairie and oak savanna. "There are no maple trees in Maplewood" according to the director of the local historical society.