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History · Maywood

Maywood’s post office opened in 1888, and 46% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1956 on and the census since 1900.

1888first post office
0on the National Register
46%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Maywood began, and where its name came from

When was Maywood founded?

1888

The Maywood post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Laird (1881), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 200 in 19002020 census: 262138 years

How did Maywood get its name?

Maywood was named for May Woods, the daughter of Israel Woods, the original owner of the town site.

Founding year: the first Maywood post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

What stands out about Maywood’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Maywood are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 533 in 1920; 262 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Maywood’s homes were built before 1944.
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Start Maywood’s collection

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

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People over time

Maywood, census by census

01002003004005001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 533

Peaked at 533 in 1920; 262 people lived here in 2020.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Maywood’s Wikipedia page.

The story

How Maywood came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Maywood.

Read it all →

Maywood was founded in the 1880s. It was named for May Woods, the daughter of Israel Woods, the original owner of the town site.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Maywood, 1881 to 1956

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1881Post officeThe Laird post office opens
  3. 1888Post officeThe Laird post office closes
  4. 1888Post officeThe Maywood post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 533
  7. 1943Born hereDickey Lee Hullinghorst is born here
  8. 1956On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Maywood, decade by decade

Today5 recent
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On the map

Maywood on the map, 1956 to 1979

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

Maywood on the 1956 USGS mapMaywood on the 1979 USGS map1956Curtis sheet · 1:24,000

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Maywood’s post office has been open since 1888. Another post office, Laird, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Laird
1881–1888
Maywood
1888–today
18801950today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Maywood’s history

What year was Maywood founded?

The Maywood post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 (5), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.