Maples is an unincorporated community in northeastern Texas County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located approximately seven miles northeast of Licking on Missouri Route C.[2]

History

A post office called Maples was established in 1891, and remained in operation until 1967.[3] J. J. Maples, an early postmaster, gave the community his last name.[4][5]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Maples, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  4. "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  5. Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 368.

37°35′03″N 91°47′01″W / 37.58417°N 91.78361°W / 37.58417; -91.78361


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