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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Mapleton (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Mapleton. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

A Few Details for Mapleton ...

While it's still very early in our research, we found that:

  • Mapleton was settled in 1856.
  • It was incorporated on April 1, 1948.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Mapleton is located in Utah County.

To see how the shape of Utah's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Utah County: Carbon, Duchesne, Juab, Salt Lake, Sanpete, Tooele & Wasatch.

Below are the counties that are near Mapleton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mapleton:

  • Utah County     (The home county of Mapleton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mapleton, with the one closest to Mapleton listed first.
    • Springville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Spanish Fork
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fork
      • Spanish Fork is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,268 people
      • Spanish Fork has also been known as:
      • Spanish Fork City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spanish Fork <1>
    • Ironton ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ironton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
      • Ironton is located in Utah County
    • Covered Bridge Canyon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Palmyra
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
      • Palmyra is located in Utah County
    • Salem
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Benjamin Station
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benjamin Station
      • Benjamin Station is located in Utah County
    • Provo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provo
      • Provo is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 116,295 people
      • Former names for Provo:
      • Fort Provo
      • Fort Utah
      • Provo has also been known as:
      • Provo City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Provo <1>
    • Woodland Hills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Hills
      • Woodland Hills is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,614 people
    • Benjamin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benjamin
      • Benjamin is located in Utah County
    • Lake Shore
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Shore have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
      • Lake Shore is located in Utah County
    • Thistle ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thistle
      • Thistle is located in Utah County
    • Elk Ridge
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elk Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Ridge
      • Elk Ridge is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,427 people
  • Juab County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mapleton, with the one closest to Mapleton listed first.
    • Rocky Ridge
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
      • Rocky Ridge is located in Juab County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
    • Mona
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Knightville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knightville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightville
      • Knightville is located in Juab County
  • Wasatch County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mapleton, with the one closest to Mapleton listed first.
    • Wallsburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallsburg
      • Wallsburg is located in Wasatch County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
      • Former names for Wallsburg:
      • Little Warm Valley
      • Round Valley
      • Wallsburg Fort
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wallsburg <1>
    • Charleston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charleston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
      • Charleston is located in Wasatch County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
    • Daniel
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel
      • Daniel is located in Wasatch County
      • Estimated population in 2015: 1,058 people
    • Independence
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
      • Independence is located in Wasatch County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
    • Heber City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber City
      • Heber City is located in Wasatch County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,574 people
      • Heber City has also been known as:
      • Heber
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heber City <1>
    • Midway
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midway have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Midway is located in Wasatch County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,465 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Midway <1>
    • Mound City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
      • Mound City is located in Wasatch County
    • Interlaken
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
      • Interlaken is located in Wasatch County
    • Timber Lakes
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timber Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Lakes
      • Timber Lakes is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Timber Lakes <1>
    • Soldier Summit ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldier Summit
      • Soldier Summit is located in Wasatch County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mapleton, see our County-by-County Page for Mapleton.

Newspapers Published in Mapleton ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mapleton.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mapleton, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mapleton.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Mapleton:

Cemeteries Near Mapleton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mapleton.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mapleton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mapleton, with the one closest to Mapleton listed first.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<5>

While we didn't find Mapleton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mapleton.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Mapleton, with the one closest to Mapleton listed first.

  • Springville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Spanish Fork
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fork
    • Spanish Fork is located in Utah County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,268 people
    • Spanish Fork has also been known as:
    • Spanish Fork City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spanish Fork <1>
  • Salem
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Benjamin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benjamin
    • Benjamin is located in Utah County
  • Provo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provo
    • Provo is located in Utah County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 116,295 people
    • Former names for Provo:
    • Fort Provo
    • Fort Utah
    • Provo has also been known as:
    • Provo City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Provo <1>
  • Lake Shore
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Shore have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
    • Lake Shore is located in Utah County
  • Thistle ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thistle
    • Thistle is located in Utah County
  • Payson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payson
    • Payson is located in Utah County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,033 people
    • Former names for Payson:
    • Fort Peteetneet
    • Pacen
    • Peteetneet
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payson <1>
  • Lakeview
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Lakeview is located in Utah County
  • Santaquin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Mill Fork ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Fork
    • Mill Fork is located in Utah County
  • Pleasant Grove
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Wallsburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallsburg
      • Wallsburg is located in Wasatch County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
      • Former names for Wallsburg:
      • Little Warm Valley
      • Round Valley
      • Wallsburg Fort
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wallsburg <1>
    • Goshen
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • American Fork
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Fork
      • American Fork is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,896 people
      • Former names for American Fork:
      • Lake City
      • McArthursville
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for American Fork <1>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mapleton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mapleton.

The official website for Mapleton: www.mapleton.org/

The official website for Utah County: www.co.utah.ut.us/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mapleton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mapleton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1246, Longitude: -111.5701       In this case, the coordinates for Mapleton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<5>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mapleton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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