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Welcome to Maplesville ...

Maplesville is located in Laurel County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Maplesville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

Maplesville is 1,230 feet [375 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Maplesville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Maplesville (for example, toward Jamestown), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Maplesville: 606

Communities Also Named Maplesville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Maplesville - it's located in Alabama.

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

Communities near Maplesville ...

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

  • London
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Corbin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Manchester
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • McKee
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Annville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Annville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annville
    • Annville is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Annville <3>
  • Livingston
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Livingston have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
    • Livingston is located in Rockcastle County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Livingston <3>
  • Pittsburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pittsburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
    • Pittsburg is located in Laurel County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Pittsburg
    • From Maplesville to Pittsburg
  • Sublimity City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sublimity City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublimity City
    • Sublimity City is located in Laurel County
  • East Bernstadt
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Bernstadt have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bernstadt
    • East Bernstadt is located in Laurel County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Bernstadt <3>
  • Greenmount
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)

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 Maplesville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Maplesville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Maplesville. 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 Maplesville.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Maplesville ...

Looking for more information about Maplesville? 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 Maplesville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Maplesville.

Adding Maplesville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Maplesville 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 Maplesville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Maplesville post office opened in 1890.

We also found Maplesville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Maplesville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Laurel, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Maplesville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/