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Welcome to Mayetta ...

Mayetta is located in Ocean County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mayetta, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

Mayetta is near sea level<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Mayetta ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Mayetta - it's located in Kansas.

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

Websites for Mayetta ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.oc-chamber.com/

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

Communities near Mayetta ...

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

  • Brigantine
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Washington
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
    • Washington is located in Burlington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,459 people
  • Port Republic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Ocean Acres
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocean Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Acres
    • Ocean Acres is located in Ocean County
  • Parkertown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • North Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • North Beach Haven
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Waretown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waretown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waretown
    • Waretown is located in Ocean County
  • Mystic Island
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • New Gretna
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

Adding Mayetta to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mayetta 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 Mayetta was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Mayetta post office opened in 1890.

We also found Mayetta in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mayetta.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Ocean, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mayetta - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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