Welcome to Maywood ...

The city of Maywood is located in Los Angeles County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Maywood, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1934.

The city was incorporated September 2, 1924.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Maywood has a population of 26,883 people<2> (see below for details).

Maywood is 150 feet [46 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Maywood is within the boundaries of the (323) area code.

The ZIP code for Maywood: 90270<4>

Websites for Maywood ...

Official Website: www.cityofmaywood.com/

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Maywood had an population of 26,883 people. This is a decrease of 1.87% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 4.27% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Maywood had a population of 27,395 people. This makes Maywood the county's 58th most populous community.

The population of Maywood represents 0.07% of the population of California (which has 37,253,956 people), making it the state's 249th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 27,395 people, the population of Maywood decreased 2.45% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 28,083 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Maywood.

Communities Also Named Maywood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Maywood - they are located in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Michigan (3), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nebraska, New Jersey, New York (2), North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Maywood ...

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

• Long Beach
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
  • Long Beach is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 454,681 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Long Beach <5>
• Anaheim
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anaheim
  • Anaheim is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 353,676 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anaheim <5>
• Glendale
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
  • Glendale is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 197,747 people
  • Former name for Glendale:
  • Tropico
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glendale <5>
• Torrance
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torrance
  • Torrance is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 141,553 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Torrance <5>
• Pasadena
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasadena
  • Pasadena is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 141,045 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pasadena <5>
• Fullerton
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullerton
  • Fullerton is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 139,921 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fullerton <5>
• El Monte
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Monte
  • El Monte is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 112,344 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for El Monte <5>
• Inglewood
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inglewood
  • Inglewood is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 107,203 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inglewood <5>
• West Covina
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covina
  • West Covina is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 103,656 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Covina <5>
• Norwalk
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
  • Norwalk is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 102,635 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwalk <5>

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 Maywood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Maywood.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Maywood. 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 Maywood.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Maywood ...

Looking for more information about Maywood? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Maywood, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Maywood.

Adding Maywood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Maywood in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Maywood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Maywood post office opened in 1934.

We also found Maywood on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for California (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Maywood.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Maywood: www.cityofmaywood.com/

The official website for Los Angeles County: www.lacounty.info/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/