Maple City

History

Maple City had its beginnings in 1866 when William Parks and J. T. Sturtevant built a shoe peg factory on land containing several hundred acres of maple timber, and the community that grew up around it was at first known as "Peg Town." When applying for a post office, the name "Maple" was chosen, and when the post office was established on March 9, 1875, the name was given as "Maple City." William H. Crowell, who had purchased the shoe peg factory in that year, was the first postmaster. The factory burned down in 1880, and in 1882, Crowell built a sawmill that operated until 1916.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  13,191
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  12,924
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  11,977
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  10,603
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  9,227
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  8,498
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  7,836
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  7,735

Most recent

• M 2.9 — 2024-08-02
  38 km ESE of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin