Maplewood is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

Door County Door County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, its population was 30,066. Its seat of government is Sturgeon Bay. It is named after the strait between the Door Peninsula and Washington Island. T ...

, in the

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

of Forestville,

Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...

, United States. The nearest city to Maplewood is

Sturgeon Bay Sturgeon Bay is an arm of Green Bay extending southeastward approximately 10 miles into the Door Peninsula at the city of Sturgeon Bay, located approximately halfway up the Door Peninsula. The bay is connected to Lake Michigan by the Sturgeo ...

. Maplewood is located along

Wisconsin Highway 42 State Trunk Highway 42 (often called Highway 42, STH-42 or WIS 42) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs for north–south in northeast Wisconsin from Sheboygan to the ferry dock in Northport. Much of the highway is p ...

approximately 3 miles (5 km) south of its junction with

Wisconsin Highway 57 Wisconsin Highway 57 (often called Highway 57, STH-57 or WIS 57) is a state highway in Wisconsin, United States. It runs from its southern terminus at WIS 59 in Milwaukee to its northern terminus at WIS 42 in Sister Bay. Much ...

. A small county park in the center of Maplewood provides an eating area and restrooms for users of the Ahnapee State Trail.Interactive map
showing how the trail goes through Maplewood. While the map is for the

Ice Age Trail The Ice Age Trail is a National Scenic Trail stretching in the state of Wisconsin in the United States. The trail is administered by the National Park Service, and is constructed and maintained by private and public agencies including the Ice ...

, Maplewood is one of the areas where the trails coincide.

Images

File:Maplewood Wisconsin main intersectoin looking east.jpg, Looking east the main intersection in Maplewood File:Maplewood Wisconsin sign looking east.jpg, Looking east at the sign for Maplewood File:Looking west in Maplewood Wisconsin.jpg, Looking west; postcard dated 1910 File:Looking east in Maplewood Wisconsin.jpg, Looking east; postcard dated 1913

References

Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Door County, Wisconsin {{DoorCountyWI-geo-stub