Editing Maplesville, Alabama (section)

==== Maplesville Depot ====
[[Image:Maplesville Depot Feb 2012 02.jpg|thumb|right|The Maplesville Depot ({{coord|32|47|20.87|N|86|52|11.44|W|name=Maplesville Depot, Alabama|display=inline|region:US-AL_type:landmark_scale:5000}}{{sfn|ALDOT}}) as it stood in 2012]]
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Maplesville's first railroad depot was constructed when the [[Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad]] arrived in 1853.{{sfn|LeCroy|Dennis|1989|p=}}{{page needed|date=February 2025}}{{sfn|Singleton|2022|p=42}}{{sfn|Kaetz|2013}}
In 1865, the depot was destroyed in a raid by Union general [[James H. Wilson]], as [[Wilson's Raid]]ers marched on to Selma.{{sfn|Singleton|2022|p=42}}
It was replaced soon after the [[American Civil War|Civil War]],{{sfn|Singleton|2022|p=42}} but was destroyed by fire in 1911.{{sfn|Singleton|2022|p=41}}
The fire had begun at a building owned by a local merchant, R. H. Martin, and had spread to several nearby wood-frame structures, one of which was the depot.{{sfn|Singleton|2022|p=41}}
It was reconstructed in 1912 and has continued to stand thereafter.{{sfn|Singleton|2022|p=42}}

The [[Maplesville High School]]{{efn|at {{coord|32|48|11|N|086|52|42|W|format=dms|display=inline|region:US-AL_type:landmark_scale:5000|name=Maplesville High School, Alabama}} per the GNIS}} was accredited in 1932.{{sfn|Ickes|1933|p=1|loc=Alabama (June 30, 1932)}}
Before then, children had to take the train to and from [[Plantersville, Alabama|Plantersville]], the location of the Dallas County High School.{{sfn|Singleton|2022|p=43}}
It cost {{USD|4.89|year=1931}} for a book of one month's worth of return tickets for a student on the number 19 train.{{sfn|Singleton|2022|p=43}}
Dallas County High arranged for its classes to begin after the arrival of the train from Maplesville, with local students attending a [[study hall]] in the morning until the others arrived.{{sfn|Singleton|2022|p=44}}

By 2022 the Depot was being used as a senior citizen recreation centre.{{sfn|Singleton|2022|p=42}}
It had been remodelled with new kitchens and restrooms for use in a [[meals on wheels]] program for senior citizens as part of the celebrations of the [[United States Bicentennial]] in 1976.{{sfn|ARBA|1977|p=12|loc=Maplesville}}
Of the GM&O railroad, only the railbed remains.{{sfn|Singleton|2022|p=44}}