{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Maya | state = wa | image = Valentine tank, Maya, 2018 (02).jpg | caption = Maya in 2018 | lga = Shire of Perenjori | local_map = yes | zoom = 9 | postcode = 6614 | est = 1913 | coordinates = {{coord|29|52|57|S|116|30|09|E|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_label_position = right | pop = <!--leave blank to draw the latest automatically from Wikidata--> | area = {{wikidata|property|raw|P2046}} | elevation= 343 | maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = | stategov = [[Electoral district of Moore|Moore]] | fedgov = [[Division of Durack|Durack]] | dist1 = 301 | dir1 = NE | location1= [[Perth]] | dist2 = 47 | dir2 = NNW | location2= [[Dalwallinu, Western Australia|Dalwallinu]] | dist3 = 88 | dir3 = SE | location3= [[Morawa, Western Australia|Morawa]] }}
'''Maya''' is a small town in the [[Mid West (Western Australia)|Mid West]] region of [[Western Australia]].
The town's name is a result of the shortening of the [[Indigenous Australian]] word for a nearby [[Spring (hydrosphere)|spring]], ''Pocanmaya''. The name was first recorded by surveyors in 1876.
The town originated as a [[railway siding]] on the [[Mullewa, Western Australia|Mullewa]] to [[Wongan Hills, Western Australia|Wongan Hills]] [[Avon Yard to Mullewa railway line|railway line]] that was planned in 1913. The townsite was gazetted in 1913 and the railway commenced operation in 1915.<ref>{{LandInfo WA|c|M|10 October 2008}}</ref>
In 1932 the [[CBH Group|Wheat Pool of Western Australia]] announced that the town would have two [[grain elevators]], each fitted with an engine, installed at the railway siding.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32560140 |title=Country elevators |newspaper=[[The West Australian]]|location=Perth|date=6 July 1932|accessdate=6 April 2013|page=10|publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
The surrounding areas produce [[wheat]] and other [[cereal]] crops. The town is a [[CBH grain receival points|receival site]] for [[Cooperative Bulk Handling]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbh.com.au/media/120302/cbh%20receival%20sites%20-%20contact%20details.pdf |title=CBH receival sites |year=2011 |accessdate=1 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318082458/https://www.cbh.com.au/media/120302/cbh%20receival%20sites%20-%20contact%20details.pdf |archivedate=18 March 2012 }}</ref>
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