Pioneer aviator Charles Lindbergh spent two weeks in Maben making repairs to his Jenny airplane and taking locals up for rides at five dollars each during May 1923.

[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.0 square miles (5.1 km2), all land.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 771 people, 258 households, and 149 families residing in the town.

26.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Most of Maben is served by the Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District,[9] although the small portion of the town that is located in Webster County is served by the Webster County School District.

[11] The community was previously served by Oktibbeha County Schools, which had been taken over by the state on two occasions.