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History · Maybell

Maybell’s post office opened in 1884

Below: maps from 1958 on.

1884first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Maybell began

When was Maybell founded?

1884

The Maybell post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 76142 years
Founding year: the first Maybell post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Maybell’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Maybell’s history is told.

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The story

How Maybell came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Maybell.

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The village, founded in the 1880s, was named after May Bell, the wife of a local cattleman. Contrary to folk legends, the town was not named after his prized dairy cow. It currently consists of a meat processing plant, general store with gas pumps, a garage, an elementary school, a residential hotel, a restaurant, a post office, and housing. The post office has been in operation since 1884.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Maybell, decade by decade

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On the map

Maybell on the map, 1958 to 1986

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Maybell. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Maybell on the 1958 USGS mapMaybell on the 1986 USGS map1958Maybell sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Maybell.

Famous people

Famous people close to Maybell

Nobody well known was born in Maybell itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Buddy RooseveltActor and stunt man · b. 1898
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Angus Ellis TaylorAmerican mathematician · b. 1911
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Jennifer LeRoyAmerican actor and playmate · b. 1974
Neal BlueAmerican aviation executive · b. 1935
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Margaret CurryAmerican parole officer and social worker · b. 1898
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Alan MagillAmerican physician · b. 1953

Questions about Maybell’s history

What year was Maybell founded?

The Maybell post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.