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Welcome to Mayo ...

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

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

Mayo would have been located within present day Knox County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mayo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

From the 2010 Census (the most recent Census number we have), Mayo had a population of 2,413 people.<3> (see below for details).

While the community is gone, the present day location for Mayo is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Mayo was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Mayo (for example, toward Rogers), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

The Area Code where Mayo was located: 865

Communities Also Named Mayo ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Mayo - they are located in California, Florida (2), Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Quebec, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Virginia (2) and Yukon.

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

Communities near Mayo ...

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

  • Knoxville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Kodak
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Cook Mill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Cook Mill is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Mill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 31,335 people
  • Sevierville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Dyers Ferry
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry
    • Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
  • Spring Hill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Spring Hill is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 16,752 people
  • Seymour Heights
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Seymour Heights is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour Heights
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 10,919 people
  • Alcoa
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Alcoa is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,382 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alcoa <5>
  • Clinton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Cowan Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Cowan Springs is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan Springs
    • Estimated population in 2014: 9,010 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 Mayo. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mayo.

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

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

Adding Mayo to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mayo 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 Mayo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Mayo post office opened in 1884. The Mayo post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mayo.

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 Mayo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Knox, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Mayo.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mayo - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/