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Welcome to Mayhew ...

Mayhew is located in Choctaw County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mayhew, you might consider that their post office opened in 1845.

Mayhew is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Mayhew lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Mayhew: 580

Communities Also Named Mayhew ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Mayhew - they are located in California, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina and Ontario.

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

Communities near Mayhew ...

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

  • Antlers
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Bokchito
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Bennington
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Soper
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Lone Pine
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Lone Pine is located in Atoka County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
  • Matoy
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Matoy is located in Bryan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoy
  • Farris
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Bentley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Bentley is located in Atoka County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley
  • Wade
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Wade is located in Bryan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
  • Direct
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Direct is located in Lamar County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Direct

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mayhew ...

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

Adding Mayhew to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mayhew post office opened in 1845. The Mayhew post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mayhew.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Choctaw, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mayhew - 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/