Mapletown Pennsylvania Map

About Mapletown, Pennsylvania

Mapletown is a locality in Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 71. The population density is 76.5 people per km². Mapletown is located at 39.8045°N, 79.9437°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 15338.

Mapletown lies in a fold of Greene County, where the land rises and falls in a series of weathered ridges and hollows, cloaked in the deep green of mixed hardwoods. It lies 12.1 miles north of Morgantown, WV (from Morgantown, WV: bearing 3°T), and is situated 3.7 miles south-west of Masontown. The air here, especially in the late afternoon when the sun dips low, carries the scent of damp earth and pine needles, a cool, clean fragrance that settles over the scattered farms and the quiet village center. Small creeks, their waters often a milky brown from the clay-rich soil, wind through the valleys, reflecting the changing sky in their shallow, stony beds. The houses, many of them weathered clapboard or sturdy brick, seem to settle into the landscape as if they grew there, their porches often adorned with the quiet dignity of potted geraniums. The history of Mapletown is a story tied to the land’s bounty and the labor of its people. Coal veins, once a powerful engine of the local economy, have left their mark, though the industry’s dominance has long since receded, leaving behind a quiet resilience. Now, agriculture, particularly livestock and hay, forms the bedrock of Mapletown’s sustenance, the fields themselves bearing the imprint of generations of careful tending. The rhythm of life here is dictated by the seasons and the needs of the farm, a slower cadence than in busier places, punctuated by the occasional rumble of a tractor or the distant lowing of cattle. There are no grand monuments, no bustling marketplaces, but rather a profound sense of continuity, a quiet understanding that life continues, year after year, in this particular corner of Pennsylvania.

About This Mapletown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mapletown, Pennsylvania — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 39.804522, -79.943668. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Mapletown and Greene County.

Detailed location data for Mapletown includes the ZIP code (15338), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Greene County (Waynesburg), and school district assignment (Southeastern Greene School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Mapletown is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.