Editing Maple Leaf, Seattle (section)

==History==
The area that is now the Maple Leaf neighborhood appeared on maps in 1894 as a plat by real estate promoters and was called the Maple Leaf Addition to the Green Lake Tract.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wilma|first1=David|title=Seattle Neighborhoods: Maple Leaf -- Thumbnail History|url=http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&File_Id=3454|publisher=History Link|accessdate=11 November 2015}}</ref> The name may have come from the Maple Saw Mill that operated to the east on Lake Washington or from some maple trees that once grew in the area. There is also an apocryphal story that Maple Leaf was so far north of downtown Seattle that it got its name for being near Canada.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Friedman|first1=Spike|title=How Seattle's Neighborhoods Got Their Names|url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/55738/how-seattles-neighborhoods-got-their-names|publisher=Mental Floss|accessdate=11 November 2015}}</ref>

It wasn't until after World War II that the entirety of Maple Leaf neighborhood was within the Seattle city limits. Prior to 1954 the city line was located at 85th Street, but after a series of annexations took place the city limits moved to its current location of 145th Street.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sheridan|first1=Mimi|title=HISTORIC PROPERTY SURVEY REPORT: SEATTLE'S NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS|url=http://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/Neighborhoods/HistoricPreservation/HistoricResourcesSurvey/context-neighborhood-commercial-properties.pdf|publisher=City of Seattle|accessdate=11 November 2015|pages=11}}</ref>

===Neighborhood of the Year===
In 1986 Maple Leaf was given the title of national "Neighborhood of the Year" by Neighborhoods USA. Seattle Mayor [[Charles Royer]] nominated Maple Leaf for the award.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Case |first1=Fredrick |title=A PRIZE NEIGHBORHOOD - IT'S MAPLE LEAF'S HOME-SPUN CHARM THAT'S ATTRACTIVE |work=The Seattle Times |date=June 26, 1986 |page=E1}}</ref>