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Mapleton, Ohio

unincorporated community in Stark County, Ohio, United States

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 11, 2025
Entity authorityQ22924391 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mapleton is an unincorporated community situated along State Route 44 in south-central Osnaburg Township, Stark County, Ohio, United States.

History

A post office called Mapleton was established in 1837, and remained in operation until 1906. Besides the post office, Mapleton had two churches, a hotel, schoolhouse, and several country stores.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Mapleton, Ohio” as unincorporated community in Stark County, Ohio, United States. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1837, 1906—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Mapleton, Ohio and unincorporated can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as unincorporated community in Stark County, Ohio, United States. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 11, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q22924391. Authority coordinates are 40.746, -81.246. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1837 and 1906.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Mapleton, Ohio”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Mapleton, Ohio primary sources, Mapleton, Ohio archive and Mapleton research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Mapleton, Ohio”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Mapleton, Ohio” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.