Mayfield, Missouri

Mayfield, Missouri
unincorporated community

Location of Bollinger County, Missouri
Country United States
State Missouri
County Bollinger
Township Scopus
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 573

Mayfield is an unincorporated community in the central part of Scopus Township in Bollinger County, Missouri, near the Cape Girardeau County line.[1] Mayfield had been named by Dr. W.H. Mayfield, who had established the post office in 1886.[2] A number of post offices came and went over the years: 1882-1891, 1899-1909, 1912–1955.[3]

References

  1. A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Bollinger County, Missouri http://thelibrary.org/lochist/moser/bollinpl.html
  2. State Historical Society of Missouri: Bollinger County Place Names, 1928-1945 http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_bollinger.html
  3. Post Offices in Bollinger County, MO http://www.missouripostalhistory.org/bo017ml.htm

Coordinates: 37°27′15″N 89°56′57″W / 37.45417°N 89.94917°W