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Welcome to Mardisville ...

Mardisville is located in Talladega County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mardisville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1833.

Mardisville is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Mardisville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

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

Area Codes for Mardisville: 256 & 938<3>

Communities near Mardisville ...

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

  • Talladega
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Talladega is also located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talladega
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,300 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Talladega <4>
  • Pell City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sylacauga
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Sylacauga is also located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylacauga
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,939 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sylacauga <4>
  • Lincoln
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Lincoln is also located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,979 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lincoln <4>
  • Childersburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Riverside
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Vincent
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Harpersville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Munford
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Munford is also located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munford
    • Estimated population in 2015: 1,259 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Munford <4>
  • Oak Grove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Grove is also located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 513 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 Mardisville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mardisville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mardisville. 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 Mardisville.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mardisville ...

Looking for more information about Mardisville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Mardisville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Mardisville.

Adding Mardisville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mardisville 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 (so far) for Mardisville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Mardisville post office opened in 1833. The Mardisville post office closed in 1881.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mardisville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Talladega, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mardisville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Mardisville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Mardisville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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