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Welcome to Minden ...

So far, we found very little information about Minden. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Minden to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Minden, please Contact Us.


Minden would have been located within present day Calhoun County<2>.


The location of Minden has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Minden, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1878.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Minden is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Minden was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Minden (for example, toward Tallapoosa (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

The location where Minden once stood is in the (256) & (938)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Minden ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Minden - they are located in Iowa, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, Ontario, South Carolina, Texas and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Minden.

Communities near Minden ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Minden.

  • Oxford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Anniston
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Talladega
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Pell City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Rainbow City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Southside
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Southside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southside
    • Southside is located in Calhoun County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,046 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Southside <6>
  • Lincoln
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
    • Lincoln is located in Talladega County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,979 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lincoln <6>
  • Glencoe
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glencoe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
    • Glencoe is located in Etowah County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,080 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glencoe <6>
  • Odenville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Weaver
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weaver have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
    • Weaver is located in Calhoun County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,030 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Minden. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Minden.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Minden. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Minden.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Minden. See our Newspapers Page for Minden.

Adding Minden to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Minden in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Minden was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Minden post office opened in 1878.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Minden.

The official website for Calhoun County: www.calhouncounty.org/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Minden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Calhoun, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Minden - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (938) is an overlay for area code (256).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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