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Welcome to Mayfield ...

Mayfield is located in Santa Clara County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mayfield, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1855.

Mayfield is 30 feet [9 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Mayfield lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Mayfield: 650

Communities Also Named Mayfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 38 communities that are also named Mayfield - they are located in Alberta, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland (2), Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Brunswick, New York, North Carolina (2), Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Prince Edward Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (2), Utah (2), Virginia (3), Washington and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mayfield.

Communities near Mayfield ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mayfield.

  • San Jose
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jose
    • San Jose is located in Santa Clara County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013,616 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Jose <3>
  • Fremont
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
    • Fremont is located in Alameda County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 234,569 people
    • Former names for Fremont:
    • Centerville
    • Irvington
    • Mission San Jose
    • Niles
    • Warm Springs
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fremont <3>
  • Hayward
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Sunnyvale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Santa Clara
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • San Mateo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Redwood City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mountain View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Milpitas
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Union City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
    • Union City is located in Alameda County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 74,501 people
    • Former name for Union City:
    • Decoto
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union City <3>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Mayfield. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mayfield.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mayfield. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mayfield.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mayfield. See our Newspapers Page for Mayfield.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mayfield ...

Looking for more information about Mayfield? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Mayfield, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Mayfield.

Adding Mayfield to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mayfield in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Mayfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Mayfield post office opened in 1855.

We also found Mayfield in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mayfield.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Santa Clara, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mayfield - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/