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Welcome to Madding ...

Madding is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Madding, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

Madding is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Madding ...

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

  • Pine Bluff
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • White Hall
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Hall have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
    • White Hall is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,889 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Hall <3>
  • Star City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Altheimer
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Humphrey
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Grady
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Wabbaseka
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Sherrill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sherrill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
    • Sherrill is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
  • Cornerstone
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cornerstone. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerstone
    • Cornerstone is located in Jefferson County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Cornerstone
    • From Madding to Cornerstone
  • Moscow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moscow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
    • Moscow is located in Jefferson County

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 Madding. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Madding.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Madding ...

Looking for more information about Madding? 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 Madding, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Madding.

Adding Madding to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Madding in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Madding was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Madding post office opened in 1888.

We also found Madding in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Madding.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Madding. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Jefferson County: www.jeffersoncountyark.com/

The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Madding - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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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