The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The village, founded in the 1880s, was named after May Bell, the wife of a local cattleman. Contrary to folk legends, the town was not named after his prized dairy cow. It currently consists of a meat processing plant, general store with gas pumps, a garage, an elementary school, a residential hotel, a restaurant, a post office, and housing. The post office has been in operation since 1884.
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Start Maybell’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Maybell’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Maybell, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Maybell is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Maybell has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Lay School in Maybell, 10.9 miles away.
Maybell and the nearest listed places
Closest to Maybell
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
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