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Welcome to Maple Lake ...

Maple Lake is located in Lackawanna County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Maple Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

A typical abbreviation for Maple Lake: Maple Lk.

Maple Lake is 1,670 feet [509 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Maple Lake: 570 & 272<3>

Communities Also Named Maple Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Maple Lake - they are located in Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Ontario and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Maple Lake ...

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

  • Scranton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Wilkes-Barre
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Dunmore
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Dunmore is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunmore
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,836 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunmore <4>
  • Kingston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Carbondale
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Old Forge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Pittston
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Archbald
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Blakely
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Taylor
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Taylor is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,879 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <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 Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Maple Lake.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Maple Lake ...

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

Adding Maple Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Maple Lake 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 (so far) for Maple Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Maple Lake post office opened in 1892. The Maple Lake post office closed in 1911.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Lackawanna, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Maple Lake - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Maple Lake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Maple Lake area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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