# Mayfield, Michigan

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Unincorporated community in Grand Traverse County, Michigan

For the unrelated townships of the same name, see [Mayfield Township, Michigan](/source/Mayfield_Township%2C_Michigan_(disambiguation)).

Unincorporated community in Michigan, United States

Mayfield, Michigan Unincorporated community Nickname: "Birthplace of the Adams Fly" Mayfield Show map of Michigan Mayfield Show map of the United States Coordinates: 44°37′34″N 85°31′48″W / 44.626°N 85.530°W / 44.626; -85.530 Country United States State Michigan County Grand Traverse Township Paradise Settled 1868 Elevation [1] 837 ft (255 m) Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT) ZIP code(s) 49666 49649 (Kingsley) 49696 (Traverse City) Area code 231 GNIS feature ID 631772[1]

**Mayfield** is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) in [Grand Traverse County](/source/Grand_Traverse_County%2C_Michigan) in the U.S. state of [Michigan](/source/Michigan).[2] It is located in [Paradise Township](/source/Paradise_Township%2C_Michigan) between [Kingsley](/source/Kingsley%2C_Michigan) and [Traverse City](/source/Traverse_City%2C_Michigan) along South Garfield Road (County Road 611). As an unincorporated community, Mayfield has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own.

## History

The land on which Mayfield sits has long been territory under the [Council of Three Fires](/source/Council_of_Three_Fires); the [Ojibwe](/source/Ojibwe), [Odawa](/source/Odawa), and [Potawatomi](/source/Potawatomi).

In 1868, a [sawmill](/source/Sawmill) was built upon Swainston Creek, a tributary of the [Boardman River](/source/Boardman_River). Later, a [grist mill](/source/Gristmill) was built, and the settlement was named **Beulah**. However, in 1869, the community was awarded a [post office](/source/Post_office) under the name of Mayfield, named after the [adjacent township](/source/Mayfield_Township%2C_Grand_Traverse_County%2C_Michigan).[3] In 1872, a line of the [Pennsylvania Railroad](/source/Pennsylvania_Railroad) was extended from [Cadillac](/source/Cadillac%2C_Michigan) via [Walton](/source/Walton%2C_Michigan) and Mayfield to Traverse City.[4]

In 1922, Leonard Halladay, a Michigan [fly tyer](/source/Fly_tyer) from Mayfield, conceived the popular [Adams Fly](/source/Adams_(dry_fly)) as a general mayfly imitation. It was first fished by an Ohio attorney and friend of Halladay, Judge Charles F. Adams on the Boardman River near [Traverse City](/source/Traverse_City%2C_Michigan). Charles Adams reported his success with the fly to Halladay who named the fly after his friend.[5][6] For this reason, Mayfield is known as the "Birthplace of the Adams Fly".[7]

In 1961, Mayfield Pond, the small impoundment on Swainston Creek, was washed out in a rainstorm, subsequently leading to the failure of the Keystone Dam, upstream on the [Boardman River](/source/Boardman_River). In 1987, the pond nearly failed again, but a washout was prevented.[8]

## See also

- [Pere Marquette State Forest](/source/Pere_Marquette_State_Forest)

- [Traverse City Railroad](/source/Traverse_City_Railroad)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-gnis_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-gnis_1-1) ["Mayfield"](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/631772). *[Geographic Names Information System](/source/Geographic_Names_Information_System)*. [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey), [United States Department of the Interior](/source/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Geographic Names Information System"](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/05bd2208-4158-5705-b783-f232c59186d9/summary). *edits.nationalmap.gov*. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Romig, Walter (1986). *Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities*. [Detroit](/source/Detroit): [Wayne State University Press](/source/Wayne_State_University_Press). p. 359. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-8143-1837-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8143-1837-1).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["michiganrailroads.com - Evolution Map - Lower - 1872"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200719032824/http://www.michiganrailroads.com/evolution-of-michigan-railroads/176-evolution-lower-peninsula/evolution-1870s/4367-evolution-map-lower-1872). *www.michiganrailroads.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.michiganrailroads.com/evolution-of-michigan-railroads/176-evolution-lower-peninsula/evolution-1870s/4367-evolution-map-lower-1872) on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Schullery_5-0)** Schullery, Paul (1996). *American Fly Fishing-A History*. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Barritt, Amy. ["Famous Fly for Fishing calls Mayfield Home"](https://gtjournal.tadl.org/2015/famous-fly-for-fishing-calls-mayfield-home/). Retrieved 14 December 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Mayfield, Michigan: Birthplace of the Adams Fly"](http://www.dankennaleyflyfishing.com/mayfield-michigan-birthplace-of-the-adams-fly/). *Dan Kennaley FlyFishing*. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** admin. ["When Earthen Dams Fail: Washouts Along Northern Michigan Rivers"](https://gtjournal.tadl.org/2016/damsfail/). Retrieved 14 December 2022.

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