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
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Maples, Missouri
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
- ^ "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
- ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 368.
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37°35′03″N 91°47′01″W / 37.58417°N 91.78361°W
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