The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Maitland was platted on May 12, 1880. The town is named after John Skirving Maitland, who was a surveyor for the Nodaway Valley Railroad (the construction company for the Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad) that arrived in Maitland in 1880 when its superintendent, John Fisk Barnard, purchased the land for the town from John S. and Delila Swope. The railroad would eventually be taken over by the Burlington Northern Railroad before eventually being abandoned.
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Nothing in Maitland is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Maitland has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Simpson's College in Graham, 2.3 miles away.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
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