Welcome to Maywood ...

Maywood is located in King County<1>.

The location of Maywood has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Maywood, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1892.

Maywood is 1,420 feet [433 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

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, South Dakota 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.

• Enumclaw
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enumclaw
  • Enumclaw is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,548 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enumclaw <4>
• North Bend
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
  • North Bend is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,590 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Bend <4>
• Black Diamond
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Diamond
  • Black Diamond is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,403 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Black Diamond <4>
• Buckley
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckley
  • Buckley is located in Pierce County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,286 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buckley <4>
• Greenwater
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwater
  • Greenwater is located in Pierce County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenwater <4>
• Lester ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
  • Lester is located in King County
• Kanaskat
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanaskat
  • Kanaskat is located in King County
• Palmer
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palmer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
  • Palmer is located in King County
• Kangley
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kangley
  • Kangley is located in King County
• Franklin ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Franklin is located in King County

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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Maywood ...

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

Adding Maywood to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Maywood post office opened in 1892.

We also found Maywood mentioned on a train schedule titled Burlington Northern Railroad Time Tables (April 1970).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Maywood.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Maywood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for King County: www.metrokc.gov/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/