Do you know of Madrid ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Madrid. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Madrid.

Our sources for Madrid (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Madrid other than they indicate that Madrid would be found somewhere in Spencer County, Indiana.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1888 and closed  in 1915.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Madrid ...

We found ten communities that share the name Madrid.

Within Indiana, the name Madrid is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Houston County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Madrid [Houston County].
  • Colorado
    • Las Animas County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Madrid [Las Animas County].
  • Florida
    • Hillsborough County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Madrid [Hillsborough County].
  • Iowa
    • Boone County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Madrid [Boone County].
  • Kentucky
    • Breckinridge County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Madrid [Breckinridge County].
  • Maine
    • Franklin County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Madrid [Franklin County].
  • Nebraska
    • Perkins County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Madrid [Perkins County].
  • New Mexico
    • Santa Fe County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Madrid [Santa Fe County].
  • New York
    • Saint Lawrence County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Madrid [Saint Lawrence County].
  • Virginia
    • Augusta County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Madrid [Augusta County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Madrid ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Madrid:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Madrid - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

More Orphans in  Spencer County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Spencer County.