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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
  • Mitchell is located in Davison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,697 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mitchell <4>
• Parkston
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkston
  • Parkston is located in Hutchinson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,456 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parkston <4>
• Alexandria
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alexandria have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexandria
  • Alexandria is located in Hanson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alexandria <4>
• Tripp
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripp
  • Tripp is located in Hutchinson County
  • 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)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Elm Springs Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elm Springs Colony
  • New Elm Springs Colony is located in Hutchinson County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 600 people
• Emery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emery
  • Emery is located in Hanson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emery <4>
• Wolf Creek
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolf Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
  • Wolf Creek is located in Hutchinson County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 195 people
• Dimock
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dimock have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dimock
  • Dimock is located in Hutchinson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dimock <4>
• Milltown
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
  • Milltown is located in Hutchinson County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 115 people
• Fulton
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fulton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
  • Fulton is located in Hanson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fulton <4>

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 for Maywood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Maywood post office opened in 1883.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Maywood.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of South Dakota: https://www.sd.gov/