Mayhew is located at west of Columbus, north of Artesia, east of
Starkville and south of West Point. According to the United
States Geological Survey, a variant name is Mayhew Station.
Mayhew Station was the original name given to this community
when it was moved from its original site (near Muldrow,
Mississippi) to alongside the tracks of the newly built Mobile
and Ohio Railroad (later Gulf, Mobile & Ohio) in the very early
1850s. The original location of the town of Mayhew is now
referred to as Old Mayhew, but only a cemetery exists there
today. Mayhew held the distinction for most of the 20th Century
as being home to Stover Apiaries, the world's largest Queen Bee
apiary, which shipped queen bees to beekeepers worldwide. Mayhew
is also referred to as Mayhew Junction by area residents, a
reference to when US Highways 82 and 45 crossed as at-grade two-
lane highways. Before the construction of the new US 82 and the
expansion of US 45 to four lanes, the intersection of the
original highways was a four way stop,