Mapleton, PA

Mapleton is a borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The 2020 census counted 418 residents. Mapleton is located on the Juniata River, which is a tributary of the Susquehanna River. The community was named for a grove of maple trees near the original town site. Mapleton's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Pennsylvania setting. The local scoop is how Mapleton's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Mapleton is located in east-central Huntingdon County on the south bank of the Juniata River at the west entrance of that river's water gap through Jacks Mountain. Pennsylvania Route 655 passes through the center of the borough, leading south 14 miles to Saltillo and north 2 miles to U.S. Route 22.