Mapleton

History

Mapleton was founded when the Pennsylvania Railroad was extended to that point. The community was named for a grove of maple trees near the original town site. The H.O. Andrews Feed Mill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Geography

Mapleton is located in east-central Huntingdon County on the south bank of the Juniata River at the west entrance of that river's water gap through Jacks Mountain. Pennsylvania Route 655 passes through the center of the borough, leading south to Saltillo and north to U.S. Route 22. US 22 leads east to Mount Union and northwest to Huntingdon, the county seat. According to the United States Census Bureau, Mapleton has a total area of , of which , or 4.40%, are water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  6,250
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  5,959
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  5,318
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  5,061
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  5,028
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4,688
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  4,670
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,058

Most recent

• M 3.44 — 2019-06-13
  9 km N of Blain, Pennsylvania
• M 3.05 — 2010-06-03
  4 km ENE of Franklintown, Pennsylvania
• M 2.76 — 2009-10-25
  4 km ENE of Franklintown, Pennsylvania
• M 2.93 — 2009-04-24
  1 km S of Franklintown, Pennsylvania