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Welcome to Maynard ...

Maynard is located in Monroe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Maynard, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Maynard is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Maynard lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Maynard: 478

Communities Also Named Maynard ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Maynard - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Ontario, South Carolina, Texas and Washington.

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

Websites for Maynard ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.forsyth-monroechamber.com/

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

Communities near Maynard ...

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

  • Brookhaven
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Brookhaven is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
    • Estimated population in 2019: 55,554 people
  • Barnesville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jackson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Forsyth
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Russellville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Russellville is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
  • Flovilla
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Milner
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Yatesville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Culloden
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Juliette
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Maynard ...

Looking for more information about Maynard? 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 Maynard, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Maynard.

Adding Maynard to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Maynard 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 (so far) for Maynard was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Maynard post office opened in 1880. The Maynard post office closed in 1898.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Maynard.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Monroe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Maynard - 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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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