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Welcome to Maywood ...

So far, we found very little information about Maywood. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Maywood to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Maywood, please Contact Us.

Maywood would have been located within present day Hanson County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Maywood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Maywood is 1,340 feet [408 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Maywood was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Maywood was located: 605

Communities Also Named Maywood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Maywood - they are located in California, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Michigan (3), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nebraska, New Jersey, New York (2), North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Maywood ...

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

  • Mitchell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Parkston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Alexandria
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Tripp
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Tripp is located in Hutchinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripp
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 614 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tripp <4>
  • New Elm Springs Colony
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • New Elm Springs Colony is located in Hutchinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elm Springs Colony
    • Estimated population in 2014: 600 people
  • Emery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Wolf Creek
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Wolf Creek is located in Hutchinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
    • Estimated population in 2014: 195 people
  • Dimock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Milltown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Milltown is located in Hutchinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
    • Estimated population in 2014: 115 people
  • Fulton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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

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

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

Adding Maywood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Maywood 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 Maywood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Maywood post office opened in 1883. The Maywood post office closed in 1887.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Maywood.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Maywood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of South Dakota's counties, including Hanson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Maywood - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/