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History · Maplesville

Maplesville’s post office opened in 1828, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1891 on and the census since 1920.

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3famous people
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How Maplesville began

When was Maplesville founded?

1828

The Maplesville post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 376 in 19202020 census: 637198 years
Founding year: the first Maplesville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Maplesville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Maplesville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18913 editions of the USGS map, 1891 to 1986. Watch Maplesville change.Deep rootsA post office since 1828: 198 years of Maplesville.
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Start Maplesville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Maplesville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Maplesville on the map, 1891 to 1986

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Maplesville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Maplesville on the 1891 USGS mapMaplesville on the 1971 USGS mapMaplesville on the 1986 USGS map1891Clanton sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Maplesville.

Timeline

Maplesville, 1828 to 1973

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1828Post officeThe Maplesville post office opens
  3. 1891On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1957Born hereKurt Wallace is born here
  6. 1964Born hereTommie Agee is born here
  7. 1973Born hereHarold Morrow is born here
The story

How Maplesville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Maplesville.

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The town of Maplesville first began to grow in a location 3 miles (5 km) east of its present location, near Mulberry Creek.

Located roughly 62 miles (100 km) south-east of Tuscaloosa, it was in what was Bibb County at the time, as Baker/Chilton had not yet been created.

European settlers migrated to the area from Georgia and the Carolinas following the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814, after the Native Americans who had been living there were defeated.

The town was named after Stephen W. Maples, a merchant and the town's first postmaster, the post-office being at his store.

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Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Maplesville, decade by decade

Today8 recent
Old Maplesville Cemetery2020Old Maplesville CemeteryOld Maplesville Cemetery Entrance2020Old Maplesville Cemetery EntranceOld Maplesville Cemetery (1833)2020Old Maplesville Cemetery (1833)Maplesville Alabama Feb 2012 052012Maplesville Alabama Feb 2012 05Maplesville Alabama Feb 2012 042012Maplesville Alabama Feb 2012 04Maplesville Alabama Feb 2012 032012Maplesville Alabama Feb 2012 03Maplesville Alabama Feb 2012 022012Maplesville Alabama Feb 2012 02Maplesville Alabama Feb 2012 012012Maplesville Alabama Feb 2012 01
People over time

Maplesville, census by census

0200400600800192019401960198020002020Peak: 806

Between 376 and 806 people in every census since 1920.

10 censuses, 1920–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Maplesville’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

3 famous people were born in Maplesville

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Harold MorrowAmerican football player · b. 1973
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Tommie AgeeAmerican football player · b. 1964
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Kurt WallaceAmerican politician · b. 1957

Questions about Maplesville’s history

What year was Maplesville founded?

The Maplesville post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (8), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.