Mapleton is a rural

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in the

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, located within Wellington County.

Communities

The largest and central community in Mapleton is the village of

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, which contains the township offices and has the largest retail presence. The township also contains the smaller communities of

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, Bosworth, Dobbenville, Glen Allan, Goldstone, Hollen, Lebanon, Moorefield,

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, Quarindale,

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, Rothsay, Spruce Green, Stirton, Wyandot, and

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History

The township was formed by the amalgamation of the townships of Maryborough and Peel, and the village of

on January 1, 1999.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Mapleton had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Education

Mapleton is served by four public schools, administered by the

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. These are: *Alma Public School *Centre Peel Public School *Drayton Heights Public School *Maryborough Public School (Moorefield) Secondary education is served by Norwell District Secondary School in Palmerston, in the adjacent township of

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. Mapleton is also served by one independent school *Community Christian School (Drayton), which is connected to the Ontario Alliance of Christian Schools.

Recreation

Conestogo Lake is home to a reservoir and conservation area. It is part of the

Conestogo River The Conestogo River is a river in Waterloo Region and Wellington County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. The river was named by Mennonite settlers after the Conestoga River in Pennsylvania. In the 1800s there were several different spellings of ...

watershed.

References

External links

* {{Wellington County Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario Municipalities in Wellington County, Ontario Township municipalities in Ontario