Mayfield, city (2020 pop. 10,017), seat of Graves co., SW Ky., in an area of farms and clay deposits; founded 1823. It is an agricultural trade center with a tobacco market. In a plot at the local cemetery are the unusual Wooldridge monuments—stone figures of an eccentric aristocrat (buried there in 1899), his family, friends, and animal pets. In Dec. 2021, a major tornado swept through the area, destroying large parts of the town, including a candle-making factory.
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