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Welcome to North Madison ...

North Madison is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of North Madison, you might consider that their post office opened in 1848.

A typical abbreviation for North Madison: N. Madison

North Madison is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for North Madison: 812 & 930<3>

Communities Also Named North Madison ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named North Madison - they are located in Connecticut, Ohio and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near North Madison ...

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

  • Carrollton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hanover
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Vevay
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Vevay is located in Switzerland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vevay
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,639 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vevay <4>
  • Campbellsburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Milton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Milton is located in Trimble County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <4>
  • Bedford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Bedford is located in Trimble County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bedford <4>
  • Dupont
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Vernon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Ghent
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Ghent is located in Carroll County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ghent
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ghent <4>
  • Prestonville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Prestonville is located in Carroll County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestonville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 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 North Madison. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for North Madison.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for North Madison ...

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

Adding North Madison to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of North Madison 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 North Madison was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the North Madison post office opened in 1848. The North Madison post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for North Madison.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's 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 North Madison - 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 812 code has been Overlayed with the 930 area code. New phone numbers in the North Madison area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the North Madison 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/