Maple City, Michigan

Maple City, Michigan
Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community
Maple City Location in Michigan Maple City Location in the United States
Coordinates: 44°51′20″N 85°51′21″W
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Leelanau
Township	Kasson
Area
• Total	0.433 sq mi (1.12 km2)
• Land	0.433 sq mi (1.12 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation	705 ft (215 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	207
• Density	480/sq mi (180/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)	49664
Area code	231
GNIS feature ID	631423

Maple City is an unincorporated community of Kasson Township, Leelanau County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population of Maple City was 207. It is located at 44°51′20″N 85°51′21″W, between sections two and three of the township. The ZIP code is 49664.

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.

Sources

• Romig, Walter (October 1, 1986) [1973]. Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities (Paperback). Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-1838-6. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

Further reading

• Clarke Historical Library, Central, Michigan University, Bibliography for Leelanau County