Welcome to Maple Park ...

Maple Park is located in Clay County<1>.

The location of Maple Park has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Maple Park, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1922.

Maple Park is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Maple Park lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for Maple Park: (816)

Communities Also Named Maple Park ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Maple Park - they are located in Illinois, Massachusetts, Ohio and Ontario.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Maple Park.

Communities near Maple Park ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Maple Park.

• Kansas City
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas City
  • Kansas City is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 497,159 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kansas City <4>
• Kansas City
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas City
  • Kansas City is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 152,727 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kansas City <4>
• Independence
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
  • Independence is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 116,774 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Independence <4>
• Lee's Summit
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lee's Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee's Summit
  • Lee's Summit is located in Cass County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 101,467 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee's Summit <4>
• Shawnee
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shawnee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
  • Shawnee is located in Johnson County (KS)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,298 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shawnee <4>
• Blue Springs
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs
  • Blue Springs is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 56,547 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue Springs <4>
• Leawood
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leawood
  • Leawood is located in Johnson County (KS)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,669 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leawood <4>
• Liberty
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Liberty is located in Clay County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,418 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Liberty <4>
• Raytown
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raytown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raytown
  • Raytown is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,816 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raytown <4>
• Gladstone
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gladstone have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
  • Gladstone is located in Clay County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,677 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gladstone <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Maple Park. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Maple Park.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Maple Park. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maple Park.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Maple Park. See our Newspapers Page for Maple Park.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Maple Park ...

Looking for more information about Maple Park? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Maple Park, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Maple Park.

Adding Maple Park to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Maple Park in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Maple Park was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Maple Park post office opened in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Maple Park.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Maple Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Clay County: www.claycogov.com/

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/