Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Mayfield (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Mayfield. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Mayfield ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Mayfield was originally named Arrapene
Past names for Mayfield include: Cobblehaven, Frog Hollow, New London, Order, Skinny and Skunk.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mayfield. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mayfield.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Mayfield is located in Sanpete County.
To see how the shape of Utah's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sanpete County: Carbon, Emery, Juab, Millard, Sevier & Utah.
Below are the counties that are near Mayfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mayfield:
- Sanpete County (The home county of Mayfield)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mayfield, with the one closest to Mayfield listed first.
- Sterling
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sterling is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Former names for Sterling:
- Buncetown
- Bunceville
- Leesburg
- Pettytown
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sterling <1>
- Centerfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Morrison ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Morrison is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
- Fort Gunnison ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Gunnison is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gunnison
- Gunnison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gunnison is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunnison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,675 people
- Former name for Gunnison:
- Hog Wallow
- Gunnison has also been known as:
- Gunnison City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gunnison <1>
- Axtell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Axtell is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
- Clarion ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Clarion is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarion
- Fort Manti ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fort Manti is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Manti
- Former names for Fort Manti:
- Little Stone Fort
- Manti Log Fort
- Manti
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Manti is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manti
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,790 people
- Former name for Manti:
- Copenhagen
- Manti has also been known as:
- Manti City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manti <1>
- Fayette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dover ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dover is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Ephraim
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ephraim is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephraim
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,385 people
- Former names for Ephraim:
- Cottonwood
- Fort Ephraim
- Pine Creek
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ephraim <1>
- Manasseh ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Manasseh is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manasseh
- Emery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mayfield, with the one closest to Mayfield listed first.
- Emery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ferron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Juab County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mayfield, with the one closest to Mayfield listed first.
- Juab ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Juab is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juab
- Mills ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mills is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills
- Former names for Mills:
- Suckertown
- Wellingtno
- Millard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mayfield, with the one closest to Mayfield listed first.
- Scipio
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Holden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Holden is located in Millard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Former names for Holden:
- Cedar Springs
- Fort Buttermilk
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holden <1>
- Sevier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mayfield, with the one closest to Mayfield listed first.
- Redmond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Salina
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Aurora
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Vermillion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vermillion is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermillion
- Sigurd
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Venice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Venice is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
- Glenwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mayfield, see our County-by-County Page for Mayfield.
Cemeteries Near Mayfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mayfield.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Mayfield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mayfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mayfield, with the one closest to Mayfield listed first.
- Mayfield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sterling Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Centerfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gunnison Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Axtell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Axtell Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Axtell.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77144 <2>
- Fayette Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Redmond Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Manti Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dover Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Cemetery
- The Dover Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dover Pioneer Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77199 <2>
- Pioneer Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Side Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Aurora Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Aurora Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Aurora.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77141 <2>
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Ephraim Park Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ephraim Pioneer Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Scipio Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Mayfield had a population of 173 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Mayfield had a population of 564 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mayfield, with the one closest to Mayfield listed first.
- Sterling
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sterling is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Former names for Sterling:
- Buncetown
- Bunceville
- Leesburg
- Pettytown
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sterling <1>
- Gunnison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gunnison is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunnison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,675 people
- Former name for Gunnison:
- Hog Wallow
- Gunnison has also been known as:
- Gunnison City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gunnison <1>
- Manti
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Manti is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manti
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,790 people
- Former name for Manti:
- Copenhagen
- Manti has also been known as:
- Manti City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manti <1>
- Fayette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Redmond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dover ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dover is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Salina
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ephraim
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ephraim is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephraim
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,385 people
- Former names for Ephraim:
- Cottonwood
- Fort Ephraim
- Pine Creek
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ephraim <1>
- Scipio
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sigurd
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Chester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wales
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Spring City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Emery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mayfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mayfield.
Newspapers Published in Mayfield ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mayfield.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mayfield, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mayfield.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Mayfield:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Sanpete County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Emery County
- Juab County
- Millard County
- Sevier County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Utah
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | 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 Mayfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mayfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |