Maywood, Missouri Explained

Maywood is an unincorporated community in southern Lewis County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Missouri Route V just north of the Lewis-Marion county line, approximately eleven miles northwest of Palmyra and ten miles west of Quincy, Illinois.[1] The community is part of the Quincy, IL - MO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The ZIP Code for Maywood is 63454.[2]

A post office called Maywood has been in operation since 1872.[3] It is unclear why the name Maywood was applied to this community.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st edition, 1998, p. 25
  2. Web site: Maywood ZIP Code. zipdatamaps.com. 2022. November 11, 2022.
  3. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . 26 October 2016.
  4. Web site: Lewis County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) . The State Historical Society of Missouri . 26 October 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070552/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_lewis.html . 24 June 2016 .

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