Editing Mapleton, Kansas (section)

==History==
Mapleton was originally called '''Eldora''', and under the latter name was founded in 1857.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qi9cXyTWt9EC&pg=PA221 | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2 | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=221}}</ref>  A post office was established under the name Mapleton in 1857.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:BB | title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 | publisher=Kansas Historical Society | access-date=4 June 2014}}</ref> The first store in Mapleton opened in 1858.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ojxrUnxefuQC&pg=PA63 | title=History of Bourbon County, Kansas: To the Close of 1865 | publisher=Press of the Monitor book & printing Company | author=Robley, T. F. | year=1894 | pages=63}}</ref> In 1861, the name of the town was officially changed to '''Mapleton''', matching the name of the post office.<ref>{{cite book|author=Kansas|title=General Laws of the State of Kansas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ig4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA206|year=1861|publisher=Kansas State Journal|page=206}}</ref> Mapleton was so named for a grove of maple trees near the original town site.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xdchAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bp8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1273%2C4234430 | title=Many Towns Have Disappeared | work=The Fort Scott Tribune | date=July 16, 1976 | access-date=16 May 2015 | pages=3C}}</ref>