Mayfield, Missouri

Mayfield is an unincorporated community in the central part of Scopus Township in Bollinger County, Missouri, United States, approximately 4.5 miles west of the Cape Girardeau County line.[1][2]

Mayfield, Missouri
unincorporated community
Location of Bollinger County, Missouri
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyBollinger
TownshipScopus
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)573

The community was located along a small tributary of the Little Whitewater Creek and Mayfield Creek flows past approximately three-quarters of a mile to the south.[3]

Mayfield had been named by W.H. Mayfield, who had established the post office in 1886.[4] A number of post offices came and went over the years: 1882–1891, 1899–1909, 1912–1955.[5]

References
  1. A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Bollinger County, Missouri "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 57-8 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. Scopus, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1980 (1983 rev.)
  4. State Historical Society of Missouri: Bollinger County Place Names, 1928-1945 http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_bollinger.html
  5. Post Offices in Bollinger County, MO "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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