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Welcome to Jadden ...

Jadden is located in Grant County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jadden, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

Jadden is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Jadden lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Jadden: 765

Communities near Jadden ...

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

  • Marion
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Gas City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Hartford City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Upland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairmount
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Dunkirk
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Albany
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Eaton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Eaton is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,726 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eaton <3>
  • Montpelier
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jonesboro
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Jadden ...

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

Adding Jadden to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Jadden 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 (so far) for Jadden was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Jadden post office opened in 1850. The Jadden post office closed in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jadden.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Grant, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Jadden - 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>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/