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Welcome to Maytown ...

Maytown is located in Thurston County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Maytown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1922.

Maytown is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Maytown lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Maytown: 360 & 564<3>

Communities Also Named Maytown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Maytown - they are located in Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky (2), Pennsylvania (2) and Virginia.

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

Communities near Maytown ...

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

  • Lacey
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
    • Lacey is located in Thurston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,178 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lacey <4>
  • Olympia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Tumwater
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Centralia
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Yelm
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelm
    • Yelm is located in Thurston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,591 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yelm <4>
  • Chehalis
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Rainier
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Tenino
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • McCleary
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Oakville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Maytown ...

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

Adding Maytown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Maytown post office opened in 1922.

We also found Maytown on a map titled Auto Trails Map of Washington (1925).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Maytown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Thurston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Maytown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 360 code has been Overlayed with the 564 area code. New phone numbers in the Maytown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Maytown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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 their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/