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Welcome to Mayday ...So far, we found very little information about Mayday. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Mayday to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mayday, please Contact Us. Mayday would have been located within present day La Plata County<2>. The location of Mayday has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Mayday, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913. While the community is gone, the present day location for Mayday is 8,730 feet [2,661 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Mayday is about 1¾ mile [or ~2¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Mayday was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Mayday once stood is in the (970) area code. Communities Also Named Mayday ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Mayday - they are located in Georgia (2), Mississippi and Tennessee. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mayday. Communities near Mayday ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mayday.
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 Mayday. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mayday. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mayday. 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 Mayday. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mayday. See our Newspapers Page for Mayday. Adding Mayday to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Mayday 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 Mayday was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Mayday. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for La Plata County: www.co.laplata.co.us/ The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/ Footnotes ...
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