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Britt Max Mayfield (born September 19, 1948) is an American meteorologist who served as the director of the National Hurricane Center from 2000 to 2007. As director, Mayfield became a trusted voice in preparing for weather-related disasters, particularly those involving tropical storms and hurricanes .
Mayfield is a place in southeastern Jackson County, Tennessee, United States. [1] [2] It is situated along the junction of S.R. 56 and S.R. 290. [citation needed] Mayfield is recorded by the Geographic Names Information System as "historical". Its coordinates are 36.2453574°N 85.6148673°W. [3]
Southerland Mayfield and two other men were killed, and the boy George Mayfield was taken captive. One of the Creek families adopted him, as was their practice with war captives. Most Native American tribes adopted young captives to replace individuals they had lost to illness or warfare.
The property was purchased by William B. Carpenter in 1837, and his daughter and son-in-law Mary E. and George Mayfield inherited the house in 1869. It remained in the Mayfield family until 1939. This is the oldest building remaining in Forest Hills, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
Austin Springs is an unincorporated community in Weakley County, Tennessee, in the United States. [1] History.
From the Mississippi state line, US 45 extends north as a four-lane divided highway, running concurrently with unsigned State Route 5 (SR 5), to an intersection with Old US Highway 45 S (a connector to Mississippi Highway 145 [MS 145]), where it narrows to an undivided four-lane and passes through the town of Guys.
A post office called Austin's Springs was established in 1875, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1900. [2] The community was named for one or both of the Austin brothers who started a hotel at the site of a mineral spa. [3]
Jesse Mayfield, whose descendants founded Mayfield Dairy Farms, arrived in the early 1820s. [14] The Hiwassee Railroad received a charter in the mid-1830s to build a railroad connecting Knoxville, Tennessee, and Dalton, Georgia. The railroad began construction in 1837, although financial and legal problems delayed its completion until 1851. [12]