Mazeland, two and a half miles southwest, was founded in 1903 when a post office and store opened on A.B. Hutchinson’s ranch, and the community was probably named for the corn, or “maize,” grown in the area. A one-room school built one mile west in 1904 later served both Mazeland and Wilmeth. By 1906 the settlement had enlarged, and this section was named in honor of Joe Wilmeth, a popular Ballinger banker. Before the Wilmeth post office was established in 1907, citizens took turns bringing mail from Mazeland in horse-drawn wagons, but in 1909 both post offices were discontinued.