Mapleton’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Mapleton. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Mapleton was founded when the Pennsylvania Railroad was extended to that point. The community was named for a grove of maple trees near the original town site.
The H.O. Andrews Feed Mill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Mapleton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mapleton’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewMapleton Station, 1860: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Mapleton, decade by decade
1 historic place in Mapleton
1 place in Mapleton is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Mapleton Station (1860) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.