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Mayfield, Delaware

Unincorporated community in Delaware, United States

Field	Value
official_name	Mayfield, Delaware
settlement_type	Unincorporated community
image_skyline	File:Mayfield DE street signs.png
image_caption	Intersection of Wilson Road and Walton Road in Mayfield
pushpin_map	Delaware#USA
pushpin_label	Mayfield
pushpin_label_position	left
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Delaware
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	New Castle
timezone	Eastern (EST)
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
elevation_ft	302
coordinates
postal_code	19803
area_code	302
blank_name	GNIS feature ID
blank_info	217124

Mayfield is a suburban community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It was the teenage home of President Joe Biden.

Geography

Mayfield is located southwest of the intersection of Delaware Route 3 and Wilson Road, 4.5 mi northeast of Wilmington{{Cite report |last = L. W. HECK, A. J. WRAIGHT, D. J. ORTH, J. R. CARTER, L. G. VAN WINKLE, and JANET HAZEN |title = Delaware Place Names |work = Geological Survey Bulletin 1245 |publisher = Government Printing Office (U.S.A.) |year = 1966 |url = https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/1245/report.pdf

History

Mayfield was developed in the 1950s and is described as being at the time a "rapidly growing middle-class community", where "many fathers were accountants, lawyers, and chemists..."

Mayfield is the site of the teenage home of U.S. politician Joe Biden, who moved to Mayfield in 1955 with his family when he was 13 and lived in a typical split-level house on Wilson Road. In his book Promises to Keep he says of Mayfield: "The houses in my neighborhood, Mayfield, had sprouted just a few years earlier from what had been a flat and treeless farm field. There wasn't a spot of shade in the neighborhood. The streets were smooth, fast, and narrow—built for speed. They were great for bike races and whiffle ball. But everything there felt squared off, as if in perfect obeisance to the suburban God of Right Angles. Uniformity ruled. Every roof had the same pitch."

References

{{cite gnis. 217124. Mayfield
Newman, Meredith. (June 24, 2019). "How Joe Biden went from 'Stutterhead' to senior class president". News Journal.
(November 16, 1961). "Freshman Elect Archmere". The News Journal.
John M. Broder, John M. Broder. (October 23, 2008). "Father's Tough Life an Inspiration for Biden". The New York Times.
Biden, Joe. (2007). "Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics". Random House.

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