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Maxwell is a city in Story County in central Iowa, part of the Ames metropolitan area, and its motto is 'Settle in for the good life.'

Maxwell was platted at the junction of the Calamus and Indian Creek valleys when the Chicago, Milwaukee, and Saint Paul Railway came through, on land given by J. W. Maxwell and F. M. Baldwin.

The town was named after J. W. Maxwell, both because he donated the land and because he was the first to move there.

Whole buildings were hauled into young Maxwell from the nearby settlements of Iowa Center and Peoria City, and the very first building on the site was the railroad depot.

A flood in the winter of 1881–1882 left both creeks out of their banks and marooned the railroad construction gangs wintering in Maxwell, and two saloons sprang up to serve the stranded men.

Maxwell was incorporated in 1883 — the vote, taken that December, was 67 in favor and none against — and by 1887 the town already had 40 businesses.

The 2020 census counted 859 people in Maxwell, living in 356 households, down slightly from the town's all-time peak of 920 in 2010.

Maxwell is served by the Collins–Maxwell Community School District, home of the Spartans, which formed on July 1, 1983, from the merger of the Collins and Maxwell districts and is the town's largest employer.

Maxwell has three city parks — Maxwell City Park along Indian Creek, Legion Park, and Scout Park — and the Maxwell City Park hosts the yearly Old Settlers event and holds the Story County Freedom Rock.

Maxwell maintains two local museums, the Maxwell North Museum and the Maxwell South Museum, filled with military memorabilia, quilts, and period rooms such as a 1930s kitchen and a complete printing shop.