Maple Hill

History

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. Three fires erupted in Maple Hill between 1900 and 1901. 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".

Geography

Maple Hill is located at (39.084041, -96.027071). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,471
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  1,364
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,117
• Eastern Meadowlark

  Sturnella magna (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,096
• Red-tailed Hawk

  Buteo jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  989
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  988
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  977
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  924

Largest nearby schools

• Maple Hill Elem
  Elementary · Maple Hill · 99 students · 12.4:1 ratio
• Wabaunsee Junior High
  Middle · Paxico · 69 students · 11.5:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.7 — 2025-10-27
  7 km SE of Enterprise, Kansas
• M 3.5 — 2025-05-15
  5 km NNW of Herington, Kansas
• M 3.5 — 2024-10-10
  6 km WSW of Woodbine, Kansas
• M 2.5 — 2023-01-24
  Kansas
• M 2.8 — 2023-01-22
  7 km SW of Woodbine, Kansas
• M 2.5 — 2022-04-30
  5 km W of Woodbine, Kansas