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Welcome to Madden ...

Madden is located in Leake County<1>.

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

Madden is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Madden: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Madden ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Madden - they are located in Alberta, Michigan, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and Wyoming.

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

Websites for Madden ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.leakems.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Madden, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Madden ...

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

  • Philadelphia
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Carthage
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Union
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Walnut Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Sebastopol
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Lena
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • High Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • High Hill is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
  • Laurel Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Laurel Hill is located in Neshoba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
  • Standing Pine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Standing Pine is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Pine
  • Dixon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Dixon is located in Neshoba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Madden ...

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

Adding Madden to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Madden post office opened in 1880.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Madden.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Leake, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Madden - 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Madden area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Madden 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/