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Welcome to Mayland ...

Mayland is located in Cumberland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mayland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Mayland is 1,970 feet [600 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Mayland (for example, toward Wartburg), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Mayland: 931

Communities Also Named Mayland ...

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

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

Communities near Mayland ...

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

  • Clarktown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Clarktown is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
    • Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
  • Cookeville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Crossville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairfield Glade
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Sparta
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Algood
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Lake Tansi Village
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Tansi Village is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tansi Village
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,803 people
  • Newton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Newton is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,968 people
    • Newton has also been known as:
    • Peay
  • Monterey
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Dykes Crossroads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Dykes Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Crossroads
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,281 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mayland ...

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

Adding Mayland to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mayland post office opened in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mayland.

Footnotes ...

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