Editing Mayfield, Kentucky

{{distinguish|Maysville, Kentucky}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Mayfield, Kentucky
| settlement_type    = [[List of cities in Kentucky|City]]

<!-- Images -->| image_skyline      = Mayfield, KY (41715049134).jpg
| image_caption      = Graves County Courthouse and Confederate monument in 2018. The courthouse was severely damaged by the [[2021 Western Kentucky tornado]] on December 10, 2021, and was demolished in 2022.
| image_flag         = Flag of Mayfield, Kentucky.png
| image_seal         = Seal of Mayfield, Kentucky.png
| image_blank_emblem = Logo of Mayfield, Kentucky.png
| blank_emblem_type  = Logo
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| map_caption        = Location within [[Graves County, Kentucky|Graves County]] and [[Kentucky]]
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| coordinates        = {{coord|36|44|16|N|88|38|24|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Kentucky]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Kentucky|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Graves County, Kentucky|Graves]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = Kathy Stewart O'Nan
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = 1824<ref name=sos>Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "Mayfield, Ky". Accessed 25 August 2013.</ref>
| established_title2 = Incorporated
| established_date2  = 1846<ref name=sos/>
| named_for          = Mayfield Creek<ref name=traby/>

<!-- Area -->| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_21.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 18, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_sq_mi   = 7.38
| area_land_sq_mi    = 7.35
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.03
| area_total_km2     = 19.11
| area_land_km2      = 19.03
| area_water_km2     = 0.09
| unit_pref          = Imperial

<!-- Elevation -->| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_ft       = 476

<!-- Population -->| population_footnotes = 
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_total   = 10017
| pop_est_footnotes  = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2022/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2022-POP-21.xlsx|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Kentucky: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022|publisher= United States Census Bureau|access-date= May 26, 2023}}</ref>
| pop_est_as_of      = 2022
| population_est     = 9894
| population_density_sq_mi = 1363.60
| population_density_km2 = 526.50

<!-- General information -->| timezone           = [[Central Time Zone|CST]]
| utc_offset         = -6
| timezone_DST       = CDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -5
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 42066 <ref name="GR7">{{cite web|url=http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action|title=USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code|access-date=2012-02-15|author=United States Postal Service|year=2012}}</ref>
| area_code_type     = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
| area_code          = [[Area codes 270 and 364|270 & 364]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 21-50898 <ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS ID]]
| blank1_info        = 497715 <ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=2007-10-25}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://mayfieldky.gov/|mayfieldky.gov}}
}}

'''Mayfield''' is a [[list of Kentucky cities|home rule–class city]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.klc.org/UserFiles/files/ClassificationReformFACT(3).pdf |title=Summary and Reference Guide to House Bill 331 City Classification Reform |publisher=Kentucky League of Cities |access-date=December 30, 2014}}</ref> and the [[county seat]] of [[Graves County, Kentucky|Graves County]], [[Kentucky]], United States.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref>  The population was 10,017 as of the [[2020 United States census|2020 United States Census]].

==History==
[[File:1906 Broadway Looking West, Mayfield, Kentucky.jpg|thumb|1906 Broadway looking west in Mayfield]]

===19th century===
Mayfield is in the center of the [[Jackson Purchase]], an eight-county region purchased by [[Isaac Shelby]] and [[Andrew Jackson]] from the [[Chickasaw]] people in 1818. Mayfield was established as the [[county seat]] of [[Graves County, Kentucky|Graves County]] in 1821, and the county was formally organized in 1823. John Anderson is believed to have been the first white settler, arriving in 1819 and building a log home on Mayfield Creek. In December 1821, Anderson was appointed county court clerk and moved about two and a half miles to the site that became Mayfield. According to Trabue Davis, the town's name originates indirectly from a gambler named Mayfield, who was kidnapped about 1817 at a racetrack near what is now [[Hickman, Kentucky|Hickman]]. He was carried to the site of today's Mayfield, where he carved his name into a tree in hopes that someone would see it. He tried to escape but drowned trying to cross what is now called Mayfield Creek. The town took its name from the creek.<ref name=traby>Davis, D. Trabue. ''[http://kdl.kyvl.org/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=kyetexts;cc=kyetexts;view=toc;idno=B92-146-29449923 Story of Mayfield Through a Century, 1823–1923]''.</ref>

The completion of the Memphis, New Orleans, and Northern Railroad in 1858 connected Mayfield with the outside world. Beginning with the founding of the Mayfield Woolen Mills in 1860, manufacturing clothing became the main industry in Mayfield for the next hundred years. The town was also a major market for loose-leaf [[tobacco]], and was part of the [[Black Patch Tobacco Wars|Black Patch]], where Dark Fired Tobacco was processed.

During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], the Jackson Purchase area, including Mayfield, strongly supported the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] cause. It has been called "Kentucky's [[South Carolina]]".<ref>Craig, Barry. "[http://www.jacksonpurchasehistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/barry_4.pdf Kentucky's South Carolina: The Secession Crisis of 1860{{ndash}}1861]". Accessed 25 August 2013.</ref> On May 29, 1861, a group of Southern sympathizers from Kentucky and [[Tennessee]] met at the Graves County Courthouse to discuss the possibility of joining the Jackson Purchase to [[West Tennessee]]. Most records of the event are lost, probably due to an 1887 fire that destroyed the courthouse.

===20th century===
In 1907, Fulton County judge Herbert Carr recalled that the Mayfield Convention adopted a resolution for [[secession]]. An historical marker in front of the Graves County courthouse now proclaims this as fact. However, records of the meeting kept by a [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] sympathizer do not mention any such resolution. Historian Berry Craig argues that the convention believed Kentucky would eventually secede and a resolution to break away was unnecessary. Surviving records do show that the convention adopted resolutions condemning [[President of the United States|President]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] for "waging a bloody and cruel war" against the South, urging [[Governor of Kentucky|Gov.]] [[Beriah Magoffin]] to resist Union forces, and praising him for refusing to answer Lincoln's demand for soldiers. They also condemned the Federal government for providing "Lincoln guns" to Union sympathizers in eastern Kentucky. The convention nominated [[Henry Cornelius Burnett|Henry Burnett]] to represent [[Kentucky's 1st congressional district|Kentucky's First District]] in [[United States Congress|Congress]]. The Mayfield Convention was followed by the [[Russellville, Kentucky|Russellville]] Convention, which created the provisional [[Confederate government of Kentucky]].<ref>Craig, pp. 339, 346–347, 352–353, 359–360</ref>

During and after Reconstruction, there was considerable white violence against blacks in the county. In one week in late December 1896, four black men were lynched in Mayfield. After Jim Stone was lynched, whites became fearful after hearing that blacks were arming to retaliate. They called for reinforcements from Fulton County, and fatally shot Will Suett, a young innocent black man getting off the train. The large white mob killed two more African-American men before the violence ended. Whites also burned four houses of African Americans.<ref name="kyDb">[https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/1558 "Race War in Mayfield, KY"], NKAA: Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, 2003-2018, University of Kentucky Libraries; accessed 25 March 2018</ref>

During the [[Civil Rights Movement]] of the 1950s and 1960s, the local schools were slow to integrate, but they finally did so without violence. The "[[Mayfield Ten]]", ten black students from the segregated Dunbar High School, were allowed to register in 1956 at all-white Mayfield High School.

===21st century===
[[File:Mayfield, KY (28561466198).jpg|thumb|right|Mayfield in 2018]]
In 2000, local resident Jessica Currin was murdered. The case was finally closed nearly seven years later with the help of a local amateur investigator named Susan Galbreath and [[Tom Mangold]], a British journalist.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Krajicek |first1=David |title=Justice Story: Murder in Mayfield |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ny-justice-story-jessica-currin-murder-20190505-7g4ieeckpzbttcgg3iplsodcva-story.html |access-date=11 December 2021 |agency=New York Daily News |date=5 May 2019}}</ref>

On [[Tornado outbreak of May 7–10, 2016|May 10, 2016]], an EF3 tornado passed just north of the city limits, resulting in ten injuries.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://weather.com/news/news/tornado-storm-damage-kentucky-ohio-valley |title= EF3 Tornado Leaves Damage, 10 Injured in Mayfield, Kentucky; Flooding Leads to Water Rescues Near Nashville |publisher=The Weather Channel |access-date=August 18, 2016}}</ref>

====December 2021 tornado outbreak====
{{main|Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021|2021 Western Kentucky tornado}}
[[File:Mayfield KY State Farm CRU -23.jpg|thumb|left|Aerial view of the city of Mayfield on December 12, 2021.]]<!--Do not replace image. This image is a featured picture on the Wikimedia Commons.-->
During the evening of December 10, 2021, a [[2021 Western Kentucky tornado|destructive long-track tornado]] impacted areas of Kentucky including Mayfield, causing significant amounts of damage and leveling most of downtown.<ref>{{Cite web|title=US tornadoes: At least 70 people killed in 'one of largest tornado outbreaks in US history' as warnings death toll may exceed 100|url=https://news.sky.com/story/us-tornadoes-at-least-50-people-likely-to-have-been-killed-in-kentucky-12492503|access-date=December 11, 2021|website=Sky News|language=en}}</ref>

The roof of [[Mayfield Consumer Products]], a candle-making factory, collapsed during the tornado, with the fear that dozens died trapped within the building's remnants.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Roberson |first1=Jeff |last2=Jablon |first2=Robert |last3=Salter |first3=Jim |title=Tornadoes, storms strike US; Kentucky gov fears dozens dead |url=https://apnews.com/article/tornadoes-kentucky-illinois-arkansas-severe-weather-67b9acfb9d83e2e7139ae9de01618a21 |access-date=December 11, 2021 |work=Associated Press |date=December 11, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Shapiro |first1=Emily |last2=Golembo |first2=Max |last3=Peck |first3=Daniel |last4=Osborne |first4=Mark |title=At least 50 dead as tornadoes devastate Kentucky; Amazon warehouse collapses in Illinois |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/50-dead-tornadoes-devastate-kentucky/story?id=81672801 |access-date=December 11, 2021 |agency=ABC News |date=December 11, 2021}}</ref> Estimates are that more than 100 employees were inside the factory when the tornado hit.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Jason Hanna, Elizabeth Joseph, Claudia Dominguez and Susannah Cullinane|title=At least 70 feared dead in Kentucky alone, governor says, after tornadoes hit central and southern US|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/11/weather/severe-weather-tornadoes-saturday/index.html|access-date=December 12, 2021|website=CNN|date=11 December 2021 }}</ref> By December 12, the company reported there had been eight deaths and eight remained missing. Many had gathered in a tornado shelter and left after the storm, and without power and phones they weren't quickly located and accounted for.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/tornadoes-business-arkansas-kentucky-mayfield-b6ef6a901cc2e4552e760a36c749937c|title=Thousands without heat, water after tornadoes kill dozens|date=December 13, 2021|website=[[AP News]]}}</ref> Workers filed a [[Class action|class-action lawsuit]] against their employer on December 16, after allegations by some workers that they were told they would be [[Dismissal (employment)|fired]] if they left work before the tornado hit. The allegations have been denied by the company.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Valencia|first1=Nick|last2=Timm-Garcia|first2=Jaide|last3=Alonso|first3=Melissa|date=December 16, 2021|title=Workers at candle factory hit by tornado file class-action lawsuit against employer|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/16/us/mayfield-candle-factory-lawsuit-tornado/index.html|access-date=2021-12-17|website=CNN}}</ref>
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==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|17.9|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.08|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.43%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2150898| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Mayfield city, Kentucky| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=December 8, 2016}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

The [[Purchase Parkway]] (designated as a future part of [[Interstate 69 in Kentucky|Interstate 69]]) forms a bypass to the northwest of Mayfield, running along or close to the city limits. Access is from Exits 21 through 25. The parkway leads northeast {{convert|28|mi}} to [[Interstate 24]] near [[Kentucky Dam]], and southwest {{convert|22|mi}} to [[Fulton, Kentucky|Fulton]]. [[U.S. Route 45]] leads north from Mayfield {{convert|26|mi}} to [[Paducah, Kentucky|Paducah]] on the [[Ohio River]] and southwest to Fulton. [[Kentucky Route 80]] leads southeast {{convert|24|mi}} to [[Murray, Kentucky|Murray]].

===Climate===
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally cool winters. According to the [[Köppen climate classification]] system, Mayfield has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=332551&cityname=Mayfield,+Kentucky,+United+States+of+America&units=|title=Mayfield, Kentucky Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|website=Weatherbase}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1830 = 44
| 1860 = 556
| 1870 = 779
| 1880 = 1839
| 1890 = 2909
| 1900 = 4081
| 1910 = 5916
| 1920 = 6583
| 1930 = 8177
| 1940 = 8619
| 1950 = 8990
| 1960 = 10762
| 1970 = 10724
| 1980 = 10705
| 1990 = 9935
| 2000 = 10349
| 2010 = 10024
| 2020 = 10017
| estyear = 2022
| estimate = 9894
| estref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2022/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2022-POP-21.xlsx|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Kentucky: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022|publisher= United States Census Bureau|access-date= May 26, 2023}}</ref>
| align-fn = center
| footnote = [https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html U.S. Decennial Census]
}}

===2020 census===
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 10,017 people, 3,734 households, and 2,138 families residing in the city.

{| class="wikitable"
|+Racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2150898&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-07|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Persons
!Percent
|-
|[[White Americans|White]]
|6,386
|63.75%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|1,793
|17.89%
|-
|[[African Americans|Black or African American]]
|1,205
|12.03%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|74
|0.74%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]
|19
|0.19%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Multi-racial]]
|540
|5.39%
|}

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 10,349 people, 4,358 households, and 2,667 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,549.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 4,907 housing units at an average density of {{convert|734.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 60.57% [[White American|White]], 13.31% [[African American]], 0.21% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 0.37% [[Asian American|Asian]], 3.48% from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#Race|other races]], and 2.07% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanics or Latinos]] of any race were 25.86% of the population. Recent years have seen a large influx of [[Amish]] residents who farm in the county.

There were 4,358 households, out of which 26.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 15.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.8% were non-families. 35.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.89.

The age distribution was 23.3% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 21.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $20,400, and the median income for a family was $27,463. Males had a median income of $29,324 versus $18,575 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $15,327. About 23.4% of families and 27.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 40.4% of those under age 18 and 15.9% of those age 65 or over.

Despite previously being in a [[dry county]] ([[Graves County, Kentucky|Graves]]), sales by the drink in restaurants of the city limits of Mayfield seating at least 100 diners and at the Mayfield Golf & Country Club are allowed. In 2016, Graves County voted to become a wet county.

==Arts and culture==
===Wooldridge Monuments===
[[File:Wooldridge Monuments.JPG|thumb|Wooldridge Monuments (2008)]]
Mayfield is home to the [[Wooldridge Monuments]], a series of historical monuments located in Maplewood Cemetery. They were built for Colonel Henry G. Wooldridge from 1892 until Wooldridge's death on May 30, 1899, to commemorate family members and other loved ones. The lot has been called "The Strange Procession That Never Moves."<ref>[http://www.kentuckytourism.com/wooldridge-monuments/2488/]"The Strange Procession That Never Moves"</ref>

==Sports==
Mayfield was home to professional baseball's minor league Class D [[Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League]] (or KITTY League) Mayfield Pantsmakers (1922–24), [[Mayfield Clothiers]] (1936–38, 1946–55), and Mayfield Browns (1939–41).{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

The Clothiers were the first team to integrate the Kitty League when they employed African-American and Mayfield native [[Mickey Stubblefield]] as a pitcher during the 1952 season.
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=stubbl001wil|title=Mickey Stubblefield Negro & Minor Leagues Statistics & History - Baseball-Reference.com|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2013/03/02/on-mickey-stubblefield-who-broke-the-color-barrier-in-the-kitty-league/|title=On Mickey Stubblefield, who broke the color barrier in the Kitty League|date=3 March 2013}}</ref>

==Education==
[[File:Mayfield City Hall (27568109527).jpg|thumb|right|Mayfield City Hall (2018)]]
[[Mid-Continent University]], formerly Mid-Continent Baptist Bible College, was located just north of Mayfield off [[U.S. Route 45]]. It closed after the spring 2014 term due to alleged financial (aid) mismanagement.

Mayfield Independent City School District was established on July 1, 1908, with the selection and meeting of its first Board Members, organized by Mr. W.J. Webb.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mayfield.k12.ky.us/ABOUTOURDISTRICT/HISTORYANDTIMELINE/tabid/259/Default.aspx |title=History and Timeline |access-date=2013-03-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307180116/http://www.mayfield.k12.ky.us/ABOUTOURDISTRICT/HISTORYANDTIMELINE/tabid/259/Default.aspx |archive-date=2012-03-07 }}</ref>

Mayfield High School has won 13 [[Kentucky High School Athletic Association]] football championships in classes A and AA in a total of 25 title game appearances.  As of 2023, Mayfield is fourth nationally with 946 all-time wins.  Mayfield High School mascot is "Cardinals".

The Graves County High School Co-Ed Cheerleading Team won the titles of National Champions in 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, and 2011 and State Champions in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, 2010, and 2012.  Graves County High School mascot is "Eagles".

Mayfield has a [[public library|lending library]], the Graves County Public Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/pages/librarydirectory.aspx | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111202017/https://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/pages/librarydirectory.aspx | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 January 2019 | title=Kentucky Public Library Directory | publisher=Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives | access-date=5 June 2019}}</ref>

==Media==
Local media in Mayfield includes the ''Mayfield Messenger'', a three-day (Sunday, Wednesday, Friday) newspaper.  Radio stations [[WLLE]], [[WKYX|WNGO]], and [[WYMC]] are licensed to Mayfield, though WLLE and WNGO mainly focus on the direct [[Paducah, Kentucky|Paducah]] area.

==Notable people==
* [[Lucien Anderson]],<ref name="PoliticalGraveyard"/><ref>{{CongBio|A000201|Lucien Anderson|inline=1}}</ref> former United States representative
* [[Lon Carter Barton]], historian.<ref>{{cite web | title = Interview with Lon Carter Barton, November 29, 1990 | publisher = University of Kentucky Libraries | date = November 29, 1990 | url = https://nyx.uky.edu/oh/render.php?cachefile=1990OH306_LEG021_Barton.xml}}</ref>
* [[David Boaz]], libertarian political thinker, VP [[Cato Institute]]
* [[Andrew Boone]],<ref>{{CongBio|B000629|Andrew Boone|inline=1}}</ref> former United States representative
* [[Cornbread Red|Billy Joe "Cornbread Red" Burge]], billiards player.
* [[Betsy Cook]], singer, songwriter, musician
* [[Randy Galloway]], sports journalist and Texas radio personality
* [[Rex Geveden]], Chief Operating Officer of [[BWX Technologies]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Geveden Selected as NASA Associate Administrator | publisher = NASA | date = August 17, 2005 | url = https://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2005/aug/HQ_05227_geveden.html}}</ref>
* [[Tripp Gibson]], Major League Baseball umpire<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/32924304/mayfield-tornado-recovery-gets-boost-sports-figures-returning-help |title=Mayfield tornado recovery gets boost from sports figures returning to help |first=Tisha |last=Thompson |website=ESPN.com |date=December 23, 2021 |accessdate=December 25, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Noble Jones Gregory]],<ref name="PoliticalGraveyard">{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/GA.html|title=The Political Graveyard: Graves County, Ky.|first=Lawrence|last=Kestenbaum|website=politicalgraveyard.com}}</ref><ref>{{CongBio|G000447|Noble Jones Gregory|inline=1}}</ref> former [[United States representative]]
* [[William Voris Gregory]], former United States representative<ref name="PoliticalGraveyard"/>
* [[Helen LaFrance]], artist.<ref>{{cite web | title = Visions of the Rural South | publisher = Kentucky Educational Television | url = https://www.ket.org/kentuckylife/300s/kylife306.html | access-date = December 27, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Bobbie Ann Mason]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ket.org/education/resources/signaturelive/|title=SignatureLIVE|publisher=Kentucky Educational Television|access-date=23 August 2019}}</ref> author
* [[Ersa Poston|Ersa Hines Poston]], civil service and employment reformer
* [[Kent Robbins]],<ref>[http://www.nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/fame/robbins.html Kent Robbins] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070908161056/http://www.nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/fame/robbins.html |date=September 8, 2007 }}</ref> songwriter
* [[Kevin Skinner]], musician and ''[[America's Got Talent]]'''s 4th Season winner
* [[Robert Burns Smith]], third [[List of Governors of Montana|governor of Montana]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_montana/col2-content/main-content-list/title_smith_robert.html|title= Montana Governor Robert Burns Smith|publisher= National Governors Association |access-date= October 10, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Chuck Taylor (wrestler)|Chuck Taylor]], professional wrestler
* [[Martha Nelson Thomas]], creator of "Doll Babies," later plagiarized as [[Cabbage Patch Kids]], grew up in Mayfield.
* [[Ellis Wilson]], artist

==See also==
* [[List of sundown towns in the United States]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* "All Mayfield under arms: excitement over the Kentucky race war," ''New York Times'', 12/24/1896, p.&nbsp;1
* "Peace reigns at Mayfield: Colored people petition for harmony and the race war is over," ''New York Times'', 12/25/1896, p.&nbsp;5.
* {{cite journal |last=Craig |first=Berry F. |title=The Jackson Purchase Considers Secession: The 1861 Mayfield Convention |journal=The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society |volume=99 |issue=4 |date=Autumn 2001 |pages=339–361}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Mayfield, Kentucky}}
* [http://mayfieldky.gov/ City of Mayfield official website]
* [http://www.mayfield.kyschools.us/ Mayfield Independent Schools]
* [http://www.graves.kyschools.us/ Graves County Schools]

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