Mayfield is an unincorporated community in the central part of Scopus Township in

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, Missouri, United States, approximately 4.5 miles west of the

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line. The community was located along a small tributary of the

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and Mayfield Creek flows past approximately three-quarters of a mile to the south. Mayfield had been named by W.H. Mayfield, who had established the post office in 1886. A number of post offices came and went over the years: 1882–1891, 1899–1909, 1912–1955.Post Offices in Bollinger County, MO

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Unincorporated communities in Bollinger County, Missouri Cape Girardeau–Jackson metropolitan area Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{BollingerCountyMO-geo-stub