Maywood, Missouri

Maywood is an unincorporated community in southern Lewis County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located on Missouri Route V just north of the Lewis-Marion county line, approximately eleven miles northwest of Palmyra and ten miles west of Quincy, Illinois.[2] The community is part of the Quincy, ILMO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

A post office called Maywood has been in operation since 1872.[3] It is unclear why the name Maywood was applied to this community.[4]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Maywood, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st edition, 1998, p. 25 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  4. "Lewis County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)


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