Mayfield, Missouri Explained

Official Name:Mayfield, Missouri
Settlement Type:unincorporated community
Mapsize:250x200px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Missouri
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Bollinger
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Scopus
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Area Code:573
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID

Mayfield is an unincorporated community in the central part of Scopus Township in Bollinger County, Missouri, United States, approximately 4.5 miles west of the Cape Girardeau County line.[1] [2]

The community was located along a small tributary of the Little Whitewater Creek and Mayfield Creek flows past approximately three-quarters of a mile to the south.[3]

Mayfield had been named by W.H. Mayfield, who had established the post office in 1886.[4] A number of post offices came and went over the years: 1882–1891, 1899–1909, 1912–1955.[5]

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37.4542°N -89.9492°W

Notes and References

  1. A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Bollinger County, Missouri Web site: A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets of Missouri . December 8, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029184859/http://thelibrary.org/lochist/moser/bollinpl.html . October 29, 2013 .
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 57-8
  3. Scopus, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1980 (1983 rev.)
  4. State Historical Society of Missouri: Bollinger County Place Names, 1928-1945 http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_bollinger.html
  5. Post Offices in Bollinger County, MO Web site: Bollinger . December 8, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191155/http://www.missouripostalhistory.org/bo017ml.htm . October 29, 2013 .