Mayfield is an
unincorporated community in the
Town of Polk in
Washington County,
Wisconsin, United States. It is west of
Jackson and east of
Slinger. It lies to the northwest of the intersection of
Wisconsin Highway 60 and
U.S. Route 45.
History
Mayfield was settled and platted in 1852 by Andreas Reiderer, an immigrant from
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
, who named it after the Swiss town of
Maienfeld. Reiderer built a sawmill along the
Cedar Creek. The area was also called for Katzbach for a short time, after Joseph Katz, who built a store in the community. Mayfield received a post office in 1859, but quickly declined after the railroad stopped instead at Jackson, less than a mile to the east.
Lady Antebellum concert
On October 21, 2010, Mayfield made news when country music group
Lady Antebellum performed a free concert at a
Mobil
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...
station in the community. The concert was an attempt to make amends for comments the group had made in an interview with ''
Entertainment Weekly'' about a performance they had held in nearby
Slinger before their rise to fame.
Charles Kelley, a member of the group, stated that the comments were taken out of context and that the magazine neglected to print that they had said the performance in Slinger was "a lot of fun".
Notable people
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George W. Koch
George W. Koch (September 11, 1871 – April 21, 1908) was an American farmer, businessman, and politician.
Born in Mayfield, Washington County, Wisconsin, Koch went to the public schools and Janssen's Institute in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He ...
, Wisconsin State Assemblyman, farmer, and businessman, was born in Mayfield.
[Halford Erickson (comp.). ]
The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin
'. Milwaukee: Northwestern Litho, 1903, p. 1108.
References
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Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Wisconsin
Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin