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History · Maple Hill

Maple Hill’s post office opened in 1862, and 24% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Maple Hill began, and where its name came from

When was Maple Hill founded?

1862

The Maple Hill post office opened in 1862, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Maplehill (1894), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

2020 census: 631164 years

How did Maple Hill get its name?

Maple Hill was named from a grove of maple trees growing upon an elevation.

Founding year: the first Maple Hill post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

What stands out about Maple Hill’s past

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

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The story

How Maple Hill came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Maple Hill.

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Maple Hill was founded about 1882. It was named from a grove of maple trees growing upon an elevation.

In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a main line from Topeka through Maple Hill to Herington.

The Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway was foreclosed in 1891 and taken over by Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, which shut down in 1980 and reorganized as Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad, merged in 1988 with Missouri Pacific Railroad, merged in 1997 with Union Pacific Railroad. Most locals still refer to this railroad as the "Rock Island".

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Maple Hill, 1862 to 1950

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1862Post officeThe Maple Hill post office opens
  3. 1894Post officeThe Maplehill post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1950Post officeThe Maplehill post office closes
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Famous people

Famous people close to Maple Hill

Nobody well known was born in Maple Hill itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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John CarrollAmerican politician · b. 1929
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Fred TornedenAmerican long-distance runner · b. 1957
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Lew LaneAmerican football coach · b. 1899
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Maple Hill’s post office has been open since 1862. Another post office, Maplehill, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Maple Hill
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Maplehill
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Maple Hill’s history

What year was Maple Hill founded?

The Maple Hill post office opened in 1862, 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 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.