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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Mapleton came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Mapleton in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Mapleton. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Mapleton data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Mapleton:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

In addition:

Mapleton is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Mapleton in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Mapleton for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Mapleton. See our Misc Page for Mapleton for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Mapleton:

Mapleton was mentioned in the following schedule:

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Footnotes ...

<1>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/