Biohazard and Pathogen Disinfection in West Mayfield, PA

West Mayfield is a borough in northern Beaver County, in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, whose motto is "A Nice Place to Live."

West Mayfield grew up west of a Pennsylvania Railroad station stop called Mayfield, which took its name from a hilltop farm known as Mayfield Cottage.

Driven by growing industry and the need for better schools, West Mayfield split from White Township and incorporated as a borough in 1923.

Large-scale industry arrived in West Mayfield in 1899 with a tube-making plant that became the Babcock & Wilcox Company Tubular Products Division, and farms around it gradually gave way to workers' homes.

West Mayfield's population peaked at 2,201 residents in 1960 and had declined to 1,195 by the 2020 census.

At the 2000 census West Mayfield had 469 households and 1,187 residents packed into about 0.8 square miles.

Most of West Mayfield climbs a long, steep hill along 37th Street, part of Pennsylvania Route 251, above the community park in Harbison Hollow known locally as "The Hollow."

West Mayfield's community park follows Walnut Bottom Run, a stream that eventually empties into the Beaver River, and offers ball fields, courts, and picnic shelters.

Children in West Mayfield are served by the Blackhawk School District and attend Blackhawk High School.

The old Liberty School building in West Mayfield, whose cornerstone was laid in 1930, was converted into the West Mayfield Municipal Building.