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History · Mayfield

Mayfield dates to 1819, and 2 of its places are on the National Register

More historic than 69% of U.S. towns · #439 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it

Most of Mayfield was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1965. 2 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 14 buildings. Below: maps from 1905 on and the census since 1930.

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How Mayfield began

When was Mayfield founded?

1819

Mayfield dates its founding to 1819 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1930.

First census: 344 in 19302020 census: 3,356207 years

How historic is Mayfield?

B+

More historic than 69% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1835.
History grade

What drives Mayfield’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Mayfield is more historic than 69% of U.S. towns, #439 of 993 in Ohio. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

B+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Mayfield’s overall grade.
Founding era1819, from Wikidata: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 19403.3% of homes (±2.0) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%C−National Register2 listings, 15 historic buildings, 45.2 per 10,000 residents · typical OH town 2.9 · U.S. 2.4A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 69%
NewerOlder
Ohio towns of 2,500+ (993)Ahead of 56%

Ohio towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Ohio town has 2.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Mayfield’s 45.2 sits above most of its state (88% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 15 historic buildings outnumber those of 78% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A. The pre-1940 share (±2.0 points) is firm at this size. Two sources give 1819.

Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Mayfield’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 Mayfield are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19056 editions of the USGS map, 1905 to 1994. Watch Mayfield change.Deep rootsEstablished in 1819: 207 years of Mayfield.
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Start Mayfield’s collection

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

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On the map

Mayfield on the map, 1905 to 1994

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

Mayfield on the 1905 USGS mapMayfield on the 1953 USGS mapMayfield on the 1963 USGS mapMayfield on the 1970 USGS mapMayfield on the 1984 USGS mapMayfield on the 1994 USGS map1905Mentor 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 Mayfield.

Timeline

Mayfield, 1819 to 1996

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1819
    FoundingMayfield is established
  3. 1835Post officeThe Mayfield post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1905Post officeThe Mayfield post office closes
  6. 1905On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1996Born hereAndy Isabella is born here
The story so far

Mayfield, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mayfield yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Mayfield, also known as Mayfield Village, is a village in eastern Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. A suburb of Cleveland, it is part of the Cleveland metropolitan area. The population was 3,356 at the 2020 census.

Mayfield was established in 1819. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 3,460 to 3,356 (-3%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Mayfield, 1879–1881

Passages that mention Mayfield, cut from the printed page as they were published.

There are now three post offices in the township at the three villages before mentioned. Gates' Mills, Willson's Mills and Mayfield Center; the first of which has about twenty houses and the others a smaller number. Besides these there are at Gates' Mills a gristmill, a sawmill, a rake factory, a s…
History of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. With portraits and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers1879 · page 469Read the page →
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There are now three post offices in the township at the three villages before mentioned. Gates' Mills, Willson's Mills and Mayfield Center; the first of which has about twenty houses and the others a smaller number. Besides these there are at Gates' Mills a gristmill, a sawmill, a rake factory, a store and two churches; at Willson's Mills, a gristmill, a sawmill, a church; at Mayfield Center, a church, a store, a town

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There are now three post offices in the township at the three villages before mentioned, Gates' Mills, Willsou's Mills and Mayfield Center; the first of which has about twenty houses and the others a smaller number. Besides these there are at Gates' Mills a gristmill, a sawmill, a rake factory, a s…
History of Cuyahoga County, Ohio ...1881 · page 469Read the page →
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There are now three post offices in the township at the three villages before mentioned, Gates' Mills, Willsou's Mills and Mayfield Center; the first of which has about twenty houses and the others a smaller number. Besides these there are at Gates' Mills a gristmill, a sawmill, a rake factory, a store and two churches; at AVillson's Mills, a gristmill, a sawmill, a church; at Mayfield Center, a church, a store, a town

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There are now three post offices in the township at the three villages before mentioned. Gates' Mills. W'iUson's Mills and Mayfield Center; the first of which has about twenty houses and the others a smaller number. Besides these there are at Gates" Mills a gristmill, a sawmill, a rake factory, a s…
History of Cuyahoga County, Ohio ..1879 · page 469Read the page →
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There are now three post offices in the township at the three villages before mentioned. Gates' Mills. W'iUson's Mills and Mayfield Center; the first of which has about twenty houses and the others a smaller number. Besides these there are at Gates" Mills a gristmill, a sawmill, a rake factory, a store and two churches; at Willson's Mills, a gristmill, a sawmill, a church; at Mayfield Center, a church, a store, a town

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rude log-house, and became the first resident of the present township of Chagrin Falls. The nearest neighbors were in the Covert neighborhood, near Willson's Mills, in the present township of Mayfield. For six months after their arrival Mrs. Burnet did not see the face of a white woman.
History of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. With portraits and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers1879 · page 435Read the page →
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rude log-house, and became the first resident of the present township of Chagrin Falls. The nearest neighbors were in the Covert neighborhood, near Willson's Mills, in the present township of Mayfield. For six months after their arrival Mrs. Burnet did not see the face of a white woman.

Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.

Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

By decade

Mayfield, decade by decade

Today7 recent
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On the National Register

2 listings protect 15 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
15
each building in a district counts
first listed
1973
Old Center School
Old Center SchoolWilson's Mills Settlement District
BuildingsDistricts

Architectural styles listings

Greek Revival1
Vernacular1
Queen Anne1
Old Center SchoolBuilding
All 2 listings
Wilson's Mills Settlement DistrictDistrict · listed 1980

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Mayfield, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,00019401960198020002020Peak: 3,577

Between 344 and 3,577 people in every census since 1930.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Mayfield had its own post office from 1835 to 1905.

Mayfield
1835–1905
18301930today
Gone or out of use
Mayfield Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Mayfield
Mayfield UnionMount SinaiWhitehaven Memorial Park

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Gates Mills5 historic placesA+Willoughby Hills1 historic placeC−Highland HeightsIts storyDMayfield Heights1 historic placeC−

Questions about Mayfield’s history

What year was Mayfield founded?

In 1819, according to Wikidata. Mayfield’s post office opened in 1835, and the census of 1930 counted 344 people here.

How does Mayfield rank for history?

Mayfield is more historic than 69% of U.S. towns, #439 of 993 in Ohio. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

What is on the National Register in Mayfield?

Two places: the Old Center School (listed 1973) and the Wilson's Mills Settlement District (1980).

How old are the homes in Mayfield?

3% of Mayfield’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.0 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1965.

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (7), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.