Maples, Indiana

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|population_total = about 19,209

|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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Maples is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Allen County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History

A post office was established at Maples in 1854, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1921.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Allen&searchtext=&pagenum=3 | title=Allen County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=27 August 2014}} The community was named for Lewis S. Maples, a lumber baron.{{cite book|last1=Griswold|first1=Bert Joseph|last2=Taylor|first2=Mrs. Samuel R.|title=The Pictorial History of Fort Wayne, Indiana: A Review of Two Centuries of Occupation of the Region about the Head of the Maumee River|url=https://archive.org/details/pictorialhistory01gris|year=1917|publisher=Robert O. Law Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/pictorialhistory01gris/page/644 644]}}

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