Maples, Indiana

Maples
Unincorporated community
Maples
Coordinates: 41°00′46″N 84°58′09″W / 41.01278°N 84.96917°W / 41.01278; -84.96917Coordinates: 41°00′46″N 84°58′09″W / 41.01278°N 84.96917°W / 41.01278; -84.96917
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Allen
Township	Jefferson
Elevation^[1]	801 ft (244 m)

Maples is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Allen County, Indiana.

History

A post office was established at Maples in 1854, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1921.^[2] The community was named for Lewis S. Maples, a lumber baron.^[3]

Geography

Maples is located at 41°00′46″N 84°58′09″W / 41.01278°N 84.96917°W / 41.01278; -84.96917.

References

↑ "USGS detail on Maples". Retrieved 2007-11-05.
↑ "Allen County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
↑ Griswold, Bert Joseph; Taylor, Mrs. Samuel R. (1917). The Pictorial History of Fort Wayne, Indiana: A Review of Two Centuries of Occupation of the Region about the Head of the Maumee River. Robert O. Law Company. p. 644.

Municipalities and communities of Allen County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Fort Wayne

Cities	Fort Wayne New Haven Woodburn

Towns	Grabill Huntertown Leo-Cedarville Monroeville Zanesville‡

Townships	Aboite Adams Cedar Creek Eel River Jackson Jefferson Lafayette Lake Madison Marion Maumee Milan Monroe Perry Pleasant Saint Joseph Scipio Springfield Washington Wayne

CDPs	Harlan Hoagland

Other unincorporated communities	Aboite Arcola Ari Boston Corner Cedar Canyons Cedar Shores Cuba Dixon‡ Dunn Mill East Liberty Edgerton Five Points Four Presidents Corners Halls Corners Hessen Cassel Maples Milan Center Poe Sunnymede Woods Tillman Timbercrest Townley Yoder Zulu

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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