Mapleton, Texas | |
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  Mapleton  Mapleton | |
| Coordinates:31°08′25″N95°40′08″W / 31.14028°N 95.66889°W /31.14028; -95.66889 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Houston |
| Elevation | 200 ft (60 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 936 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1380138[1] |
Mapleton is anunincorporated community inHouston County, Texas, United States.[1] As of 2000, its population was 32, according to theHandbook of Texas.
Circa 1924, T. J. Maples and his family founded Mapleton. Because there were so manytree stumps left over after the Maples family cleared the area, the community was once called Stumpville. Stumpville had a chapel, a few shops, and numerous dwellings by the middle of the 1930s. The Maples built a sign identifying the town as Mapleton in 1950. Early in the 1990s, Mapleton was a dispersed rural community with a few shops. Thirty-two people were recorded as living there in 2000.[2]
The small town was damaged by an EF2 tornado onMarch 21, 2022.[3]
Mapleton is located onTexas State Highway 21, 18 miles (29 km) southwest ofCrockett in southwestern Houston County.[2]
Mapleton is served by theLovelady Independent School District.
Municipalities and communities ofHouston County, Texas,United States | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |