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MAPLE, TEXAS

Texas Ghost Town
Bailey County, Texas Panhandle
FM 596 in the southern part of the county
About 35 Miles SW of Muleshoe
25 Miles S of Lariat
72 Miles NW of Lubbock
Population: 00075 (2000)

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Entering Maple, Texas
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2008

History on a Pinhead

Maple Wilson, an early settler is the town’s namesake. Originally ranching country, the town grew as ranches were subdivided. A post office open in 1926 and by 1940 the town had six hundred residents served by six businesses. The 1980 population was given as 130 which has slowly decreased to the present 75.

A closed store
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2008

Maple's tidy post office.
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2008
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Vacant Church
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2008

A Very Vacant Clurch
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2008
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Maple Methodist Church Ghost sign, Maple Tx

A rare chuch ghost sign
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2008

Caca-Cola upside down ghost sign, Maple, Texas

Coca-cola in Arabic?
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2008
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Roadside casualties of "progress."
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2008

Maple's economic engine is still in operation.
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2008
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Awaiting a call or restoration,
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2008

Maple Texas Fire Dept sign on fire truck

Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2008

Maple's Water Tower
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2008
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Photographer's Note:

Subject: Bailey County: Maple, Texas

How would one take 17 photos of Maple? I thought that was more than there are people there. TXDot says there are about 130. What you see is what you get. - Barclay Gibson, January, 2009

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