The story
Read it all →How Maple came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Maple.
The Town of Maple was founded on December 24, 1906, after Old Brule split into three towns.
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History · Maple
Maple’s post office opened in 1889, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940
1889first post office
0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Maple began
When was Maple founded?
1889
The Maple post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Blueberry (1896), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 700137 years
Founding year: the first Maple post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Maple’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Maple’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Timeline
Maple, 1889 to 1929
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1889Post officeThe Maple post office opens
- 1896Post officeThe Blueberry post office opens
- 20th century
- 1929Post officeThe Blueberry post office closes
By decade
No old photos in the archives yet
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Nobody well known was born in Maple itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Maple’s post office has been open since 1889. Another post office, Blueberry, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Maple
Blueberry
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Hamlets and corners on the map
Blueberry
1cemetery inside Maple
Blueberry
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
BruleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCloverlandIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAmniconIts storyCPoplarIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLakeside1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLake Nebagamon1 historic placeC
Questions about Maple’s history
What year was Maple founded?
The Maple post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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Sources
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.