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Welcome to Mayton ...So far, we found very little information about Mayton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Mayton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mayton, please Contact Us. Mayton would have been located within present day Webster County<2>. The location of Mayton has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Mayton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891. While the community is gone, the present day location for Mayton is 2,590 feet [789 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Mayton is ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Mayton was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Mayton once stood is in the (304) and (681)<5> area codes. Communities Also Named Mayton ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Mayton - they are located in Alberta, Arkansas, Kansas and Mississippi. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mayton. Communities near Mayton ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mayton.
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 Mayton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mayton. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mayton. 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 Mayton. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mayton. See our Newspapers Page for Mayton. Adding Mayton to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Mayton 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 for Mayton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Mayton in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Mayton. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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