Mayfield township was organized in November 1867.

This is one of the best townships of farming lands in the county. There are two postoffices in the thwnship: Hannah, on Section 5, and Bartlett, on section 18. There is one Roman Catholic and one Free Methodist church in the town. The town has five school-houses and a town hall, the latter worth six hundred dollars. There are three saw-mills in the town that give employment to about fifty men.

From Sprague's History of Grand Traverse and Leelanaw Counties Michigan Edited and compiled by Elvin L. Sprague, Esq. And Mrs. George N. Smith. Published 1903 by B. F. Bowen