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Welcome to Mapletown ...

Mapletown is located in Greene County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mapletown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

Mapletown is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Mapletown: 412, 724 & 878<3>

Communities Also Named Mapletown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Mapletown - it's located in New York.

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

Communities near Mapletown ...

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

  • Morgantown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Morgantown is located in Monongalia County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgantown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,847 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morgantown <4>
  • Uniontown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • California
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Westover
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Westover is located in Monongalia County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,220 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westover <4>
  • Waynesburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Masontown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Granville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Granville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,156 people
  • Centerville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Centerville is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
  • Brownsville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Star City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Star City is located in Monongalia County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,984 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mapletown ...

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

Adding Mapletown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mapletown 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 Mapletown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Mapletown post office opened in 1850. The Mapletown post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mapletown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Greene, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mapletown - 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 412 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 724 or 878. New phone numbers in the Mapletown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 412, 724 or 878. As a result, placing a call in the Mapletown 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/