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History · Mayland

Mayland’s post office opened in 1900, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Mayland was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2009. Its Register listing is the Camp Nakanawa Wigwam. Below: maps from 1935 on.

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Quick answers

How Mayland began

When was Mayland founded?

1900

The Mayland post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Goodwill (1895), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 472126 years
Founding year: the first Mayland post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Mayland’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 Mayland are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mayland’s history is told.

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The story so far

Mayland, in brief

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

Mayland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Cumberland County, Tennessee, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. It has a population of 472 It is in the northwest part of the county, along U.S. Route 70N, which leads southeast 13 miles (21 km) to Crossville, the county seat, and northwest 9 miles (14 km) to Monterey. The community sits atop the Cumberland Plateau. The southeast part drains to the headwaters of the Caney Fork River, the west part drains via Bridge Creek to the Calfkiller River, a tributary of the Caney Fork, and the north part drains via Meadow Creek to the East Fork of the Obey River. The entire community is par…

Its first post office opened in 1900.

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

Timeline

Mayland, 1895 to 1935

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1895Post officeThe Goodwill post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1900Post officeThe Goodwill post office closes
  5. 1900Post officeThe Mayland post office opens
  6. 1920BuiltCamp Nakanawa Wigwam is built
  7. 1935On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Mayland on the map, 1935 to 1989

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

Mayland on the 1935 USGS mapMayland on the 1946 USGS mapMayland on the 1950 USGS mapMayland on the 1974 USGS mapMayland on the 1989 USGS map1935Campbell Junction 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 Mayland.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Mayland

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

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Camp Nakanawa Wigwam
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Camp Nakanawa WigwamBuilt 1920

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Mayland

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

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JJ RedickAmerican basketball player and coach · b. 1984
Julie Ann EmeryAmerican actress · b. 1975
Roger K. CrouchAmerican astronaut · b. 1940
Marjorie WeaverAmerican actress · b. 1913
James B. FrazierAmerican politician · b. 1856
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Michael TurnerAmerican comic book artist · b. 1971
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Mayland’s post office has been open since 1900. Another post office, Goodwill, opened and closed inside today’s town.

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Mayland
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2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Mayland
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Mayland’s history

What year was Mayland founded?

The Mayland post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Mayland?

One place: the Camp Nakanawa Wigwam (listed 1999).

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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.