Maple Bluff

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Maple Bluff

Total population

1,329

Median home value

$882,700

85%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$198,750

Maple Bluff$199k

National$74k

Elevation267 m

Land area1.79 km²

Weather65°F · Mostly Sunny

Coordinates43.12°, -89.37°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Maple Bluff is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,368 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of Madison located on the eastern shore of Lake Mendota and is part of the Madison metropolitan area. Maple Bluff is the site of the Wisconsin Governor's Mansion, the residence of the governor of Wisconsin and their family. The Robert M. La Follette House is also in Maple Bluff.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Maple Bluff, WI from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Fred Risser

American state senator; attorney

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Gary King

American political scientist

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Geep Chryst

American football coach

Gene Brabender

American baseball player

George Comstock

American astronomer (1855–1934)

George Levis

American college basketball and football standout in the early 1910s, later coached Indiana University basketball

Gideon Yago

American television reporter

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Gordon King

American football player (born 1956)

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Graham Lindsey

singer and songwriter

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Helen Weaver

American writer and translator (1931–2021)

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Henry Willegale

American football player (1901-1964)

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Horace W. Wilkie

State Senator and Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court (1917–1976)

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Howard Marklein

American politician

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I. Bernard Weinstein

American molecular epidemiologist (1930–2008)

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Jackie Zoch

American rower

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Jacob Soll

American historian

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Wisconsin

• Shorewood Hills
  4.7 mi away
• DeForest
  7.7 mi away
• Cottage Grove
  8.5 mi away
• Dane
  11 mi away
• Cross Plains
  13.9 mi away
• Arlington
  15 mi away
• Lodi
  16.1 mi away
• Black Earth
  19 mi away
• Poynette
  19.1 mi away
• Cambridge
  19.2 mi away
• Mount Horeb
  19.8 mi away
• Lake Wisconsin
  20.5 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Maple Bluff

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

turkey-tail

Trametes versicolor

Seen 2026-09-20

Blushing Rosette

Abortiporus biennis

Seen 2026-09-20

Japanese creeper

Parthenocissus tricuspidata

Seen 2026-09-20

American pokeweed

Phytolacca americana

Seen 2026-09-20

cup plant

Silphium perfoliatum

Seen 2026-09-20

Nashville Warbler

Leiothlypis ruficapilla

Seen 2026-09-20

American Bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

Seen 2026-09-19

Eastern Cottontail

Sylvilagus floridanus

Seen 2026-09-19

Jerusalem artichoke

Helianthus tuberosus

Seen 2026-09-19

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).