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Welcome to Mayfield ...

Mayfield is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mayfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860.

Mayfield is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Mayfield: 262

Communities Also Named Mayfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 38 communities that are also named Mayfield - they are located in Alberta, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland (2), Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Brunswick, New York, North Carolina (2), Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Prince Edward Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (2), Utah (2), Virginia (3) and Washington.

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

Communities near Mayfield ...

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

  • Brookfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Brookfield is located in Waukesha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,164 people
  • Menomonee Falls
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Menomonee Falls is located in Waukesha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonee Falls
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,243 people
  • West Bend
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • West Bend is located in Washington County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,478 people
  • Mequon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Mequon is located in Ozaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mequon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,765 people
  • Germantown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Germantown is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,057 people
  • Hartford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Hartford is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,675 people
  • Pewaukee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Pewaukee is located in Waukesha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pewaukee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,703 people
  • Glendale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Glendale is located in Milwaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,775 people
  • Brown Deer
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Brown Deer is located in Milwaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Deer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,191 people
  • Port Washington
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Port Washington is located in Ozaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Washington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,066 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 Mayfield. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mayfield.

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

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

Adding Mayfield to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mayfield 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 Mayfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Mayfield post office opened in 1860. The Mayfield post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mayfield.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mayfield - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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/