The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMapleville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in eastern Washington County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 243 as of the 2020 census. It is officially a part of the Hagerstown Metropolitan Area. Mapleville lies along MD Route 66, known locally as the Mapleville Road, north of Boonsboro and just south of the community of San Mar. Route 66 links the towns of Boonsboro and Smithsburg, and provides local residents with access to nearby U.S. Route 40 and Interstate 70, making the main road along which the community is settled well-traveled. Short Hill, a lesser arm of the Blue Ridge's South Mountain, lies directly to the east of Mapleville; Greenbrier State P…
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 238 to 243 (+2%). Half of its homes were built before 1947.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mapleville yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mapleville’s history is told.
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Mapleville, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Mapleville is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mapleville has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Mannheim in Mount Lena, 1.6 miles away.
Mapleville and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.