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.

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Mayday would have been located within present day Henry 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 1894.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Mayday is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Mayday was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Mayday, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

If Mayday still existed, it would have been in the (770) area code.

Websites for Mayday ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.henrycounty.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Mayday, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Mayday ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Georgia communities named Mayday: This one is located in Henry County and the other is located in Echols County.

Beyond Georgia, there are 4 communities that are also named Mayday - they are located in Colorado, 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.

• Atlanta
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
  • Atlanta is located in Fulton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 512,550 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Atlanta <5>
• Stonecrest
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecrest
  • Stonecrest is located in DeKalb County
• Peachtree City
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree City
  • Peachtree City is located in Fayette County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,763 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peachtree City <5>
• East Point
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
  • East Point is located in Fulton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,042 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Point <5>
• Stockbridge
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stockbridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
  • Stockbridge is located in Henry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,125 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stockbridge <5>
• Stockbridge North
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stockbridge North have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge North
  • Stockbridge North is located in Henry County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 29,904 people
• McDonough
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McDonough have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonough
  • McDonough is located in Henry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,582 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McDonough <5>
• Pontevedra
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pontevedra have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontevedra
  • Pontevedra is located in Fulton County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 25,694 people
• Decatur
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
  • Decatur is located in DeKalb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,655 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <5>
• Union City
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
  • Union City is located in Fulton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,301 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union City <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 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 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 Mayday was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Mayday post office opened in 1894.

We also found Mayday on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1899.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mayday.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Henry County: www.co.henry.ga.us/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/