Mapleton, Utah
| Mapleton, Utah | |
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| City | |
 Location in Utah County and the state of Utah |
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| Coordinates: 40°7′59″N 111°34′50″W / 40.13306°N 111.58056°WCoordinates: 40°7′59″N 111°34′50″W / 40.13306°N 111.58056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Utah |
| County | Utah |
| Settled | 1856 |
| Incorporated | April 1, 1948 |
| Named for | Maple trees |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.6 sq mi (32.6 km2) |
| • Land | 12.6 sq mi (32.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,731 ft (1,442 m) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 8,442 |
| • Density | 670/sq mi (260/km2) |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC-7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
| ZIP code | 84664 |
| Area code(s) | 385, 801 |
| FIPS code | 49-47950 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1443189 |
| Website | www.mapleton.org |
Mapleton is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo–Orem Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 7,979 at the 2010 census.
The area was first settled in 1850, and for a time was known as Union Bench. It started out as an agricultural extension of Springville. Legal action between residents of Springville and what became Mapleton, largely over water rights, allowed Mapleton to chart its own course beginning in 1901. Mapleton was finally incorporated in 1948.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.6 square miles (32.6 km2), all of it land. Its elevation is 4,700 feet (1,400 m) above sea level.
The city is dominated by 10,193-foot (3,107 m) Spanish Fork Peak to the southeast and 7,533-foot (2,296 m) Ether Peak to the northeast. Between the two mountains is Maple Canyon, which is home to Whiting Campground in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Mapleton residents continue to call Spanish Fork Peak "Maple Mountain" despite the U.S. Board on Geographic Names having opted for the name that refers to the river and canyon that form its south base. The mountain has also been informally referred to as Sierra Bonita and Monument Peak. The city is bounded to the north by Hobble Creek and extends southward to the Ensign-Bickford plant in Spanish Fork. The Mapleton Lateral Canal crosses the eastern side of the city, and the Bureau of Reclamation began piping it in 2007.
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,809 people, 1,442 households, and 1,313 families residing in the city. The population density was 629.4 people per square mile (243.0/km²). There were 1,480 housing units at an average density of 160.4 per square mile (61.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.80% White, 0.14% African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.34% Asian, 0.22% Pacific Islander, 0.52% from other races, and 0.74% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.05% of the population.
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