Mapleton Pennsylvania Map

About Mapleton, Pennsylvania

Mapleton is a locality in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 418. The population density is 881.9 people per km². Mapleton is located at 40.3937°N, 77.9411°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Mapleton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 17052.

Mapleton occupies the low, quiet corridor of Hares Valley, where the land settles into a deliberate stillness between the rising flanks of the ridge-and-valley province. It lies 25.4 miles east-southeast of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 110°T), and is situated 7.3 miles south-southeast of Huntingdon. Scrub Run cuts a slender, persistent path through the local topography, its waters moving with a steady, unadorned intent toward the larger currents of the region. Beyond the immediate tree line, the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains define the horizon, grounding the landscape in a vast, geologic permanence. Within the center of the grid, Mapleton Community Park offers a modest expanse of green where the air feels heavy with the scent of damp earth and coming rain, a sensory reminder of the deep, inland isolation that keeps this geography apart from the frantic pace of the wider world.

Industry in Mapleton once mirrored the grit of the broader Pennsylvania landscape, drawing its strength from the raw materials pulled from the surrounding earth and the labor of those who settled here to work the stone and the rail. While the echoes of past production have faded, the rhythm of daily life persists through a deliberate, unassuming persistence, guided by the proximity of Raystown Lake just three miles away, which serves as a reservoir of quiet recreation for those who remain. The influence of the broader region is felt in the architecture of the older houses and the way the light catches the gray stone at dusk, softening the edges of a place that has seen the changing tides of labor and time. Residents often look toward the paths like the Butler Trail for a connection to the wilder stretches of the woods, though the true character of Mapleton remains tied to the valley floor and the slow, steady passage of the seasons.

About This Mapleton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mapleton, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.393688, -77.941111. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Mapleton includes the ZIP code (17052), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Huntingdon County (Huntingdon), and school district assignment (Mount Union Area School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.