Maine Places

County · Organized · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Census Records · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography 

County

Aroostook County (set off from Hancock County to Penobscot County in 1816, to Aroostook County in 1839)

Organized

1859 as Mapleton Plantation for election purposes

Incorporated

1880

Previous Designations

Township No. 12, Third Range West of the Easterly Line of the State (T12 R3 WELS)

Villages, Locations and Settlements

Brannen (railroad station), Mapleton, State Road, Traprock (former railroad station)

Adjacent Towns and Townships

Castle Hill, Chapman, Presque Isle, Washburn

Maps

Maine Historical Maps: Mapleton

Census Records

1837 Maine Surplus Revenue Census

Military Records

World War I Soldiers Index: Mapleton

General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Mapleton, Aroostook, Maine

Official Website: Town of Mapleton, Castle Hill & Chapman

First Settlers of the Aroostook River Valley: Mapleton

Maine Memory Network: Mapleton

Bibliography

Winslow, Dena Lynn, Mapleton, Maine ([Presque Isle, Me.] : s.n., c1980)