Do you know of Maplewood (aka 'Mapleton') ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Maplewood. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Maplewood.
We found mention of Maplewood as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Allen County, Kansas.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1872 and closed in 1872.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Maplewood ...
We found 51 communities that share the name Maplewood.
Within Kansas, the name Maplewood is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another 51 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 51 communities, 46 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Maplewood.
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Maplewood [New Castle County].
- Sussex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Maplewood [Sussex County].
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Maplewood [Hillsborough County].
- Georgia
- Floyd County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Maplewood [Floyd County].
- Illinois
- Cook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Maplewood [Cook County].
- Saint Clair County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Maplewood [Saint Clair County].
- Indiana
- Hendricks County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Maplewood [Hendricks County].
- Vigo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Maplewood [Vigo County].
- Louisiana
- Calcasieu Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Maplewood [Calcasieu Parish].
- Maine
- York County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Maplewood [York County].
- Maryland
- Frederick County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Maplewood [Frederick County].
- Howard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Maplewood [Howard County].
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Maplewood [Montgomery County].
- Prince George's County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Maplewood [Prince George's County].
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Delta County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Maplewood [Delta County].
- Minnesota
- Ramsey County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Maplewood [Ramsey County].
- Missouri
- Saint Louis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Maplewood [Saint Louis County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Maplewood.
- New Hampshire
- Grafton County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Maplewood [Grafton County].
- Hillsborough County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Maplewood [Hillsborough County].
- New Jersey
- Essex County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Maplewood [Essex County].
- New York
- Albany County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Maplewood [Albany County].
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Maplewood [Monroe County].
- Sullivan County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Maplewood [Sullivan County].
- Westchester County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Maplewood [Westchester County].
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Maplewood.
- Ohio
- Hamilton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Maplewood [Hamilton County].
- Shelby County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Maplewood [Shelby County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Maplewood.
- Oregon
- Multnomah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Maplewood [Multnomah County].
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Maplewood [Bucks County].
- Wayne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Maplewood [Wayne County].
- Prince Edward Island
- Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Maplewood.
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Davidson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Maplewood [Davidson County].
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Maplewood [Montgomery County].
- Williamson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Maplewood [Williamson County].
- Texas
- Harris County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Maplewood [Harris County].
- Virginia
- Amelia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Maplewood [Amelia County].
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Maplewood [Fayette County].
- Wisconsin
- Door County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Maplewood [Door County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Maplewood ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Maplewood:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
More Orphans in Allen County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Allen County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Maplewood could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |