Mayfield, Missouri | |
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Country | United States |
State | Missouri |
County | Bollinger |
Township | Scopus |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code | 573 |
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]
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]
37°27′15″N 89°56′57″W / 37.45417°N 89.94917°W