Maples, Indiana

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Maples, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 41°00′39″N84°58′05″W / 41.01083°N 84.96806°W / 41.01083; -84.96806
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Indiana.svg Indiana
County Allen
Township Jefferson
Elevation
[1]
244 m (801 ft)
Population
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 • Total
about 19,209
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46816
Area code 260
GNIS feature ID2830307 [1]

Maples is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Allen County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]

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History

A post office was established at Maples in 1854, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1921. [3] The community was named for Lewis S. Maples, a lumber baron. [4]

Demographics

The United States Census Bureau defined Maples as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey. [5]

Notable people

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Maples, Indiana
  2. ↑ "Maples".
  3. ↑ "Allen County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "2022 Geography Changes". United States Census Bureau.


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