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Welcome to Mapleton ...

Mapleton is located in Waukesha County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mapleton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

Mapleton is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Mapleton lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Mapleton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 30 communities that are also named Mapleton - they are located in Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan (3), Minnesota, Missouri, New Brunswick (2), New Hampshire, New York (3), North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Ontario (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Mapleton ...

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

  • Waukesha
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Waukesha is located in Waukesha County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,376 people
  • Brookfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Brookfield is located in Waukesha County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,164 people
  • Menomonee Falls
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Menomonee Falls is located in Waukesha County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,243 people
  • Watertown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Watertown is located in Jefferson County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,370 people
  • Germantown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Germantown is located in Washington County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,057 people
  • Oconomowoc
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Oconomowoc is located in Waukesha County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,160 people
  • Hartford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hartford is located in Washington County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,675 people
  • Pewaukee
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Pewaukee is located in Waukesha County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,703 people
  • Richfield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Richfield is located in Washington County
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    • Estimated population in 2015: 11,530 people
  • Sussex
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Sussex is located in Waukesha County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,086 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 Mapleton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mapleton.

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

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

Adding Mapleton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mapleton 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 Mapleton was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mapleton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Waukesha, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mapleton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.