RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Louisiana >> Madison Parish >> KingIndex...

Welcome to King ...

King is located in Madison Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of King, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

King is 80 feet [24 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for King: 318 & 457<3>

Communities Also Named King ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 32 communities that are also named King - they are located in Arkansas (2), California (2), Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan (4), Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas (3), Utah, Virginia (2), West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near King ...

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

  • Vicksburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Tallulah
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Newellton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Richmond
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Richmond is located in Madison Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 530 people
  • Delta
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mound
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Mound is located in Madison Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
  • Coleman
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Coleman is located in Madison Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
  • Thomastown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Thomastown is located in Madison Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
  • Barnes
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Barnes is located in Madison Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
  • Yucatan Landing
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Yucatan Landing is located in Tensas Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yucatan Landing

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for King ...

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

Adding King to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the King post office opened in 1880. The King post office closed in 1923.

For more details, see References and Mentions for King.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Madison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around King - 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 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the King area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the King 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/