Welcome to Vaiden ...

The town of Vaiden is located in Carroll County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vaiden, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1859.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Vaiden has a population of 953 people<2> (see below for details).

Vaiden is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Code for Vaiden: 662

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Vaiden had an population of 953 people. This is an increase of 29.84% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 13.45% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Vaiden had a population of 734 people (or 6.92% of the total population of Carroll County). This makes Vaiden the county's most populous community.

The population of Vaiden represents 0.02% of the total population of Mississippi (which has 2,967,297 people), making it the state's 177th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 734 people, the population of Vaiden decreased 12.62% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 840 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Vaiden.

Communities Also Named Vaiden ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Vaiden - it's located in Alabama.

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

Communities near Vaiden ...

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

• Winona
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
  • Winona is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,830 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winona <4>
• Durant
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
  • Durant is located in Holmes County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,198 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durant <4>
• Kilmichael
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilmichael
  • Kilmichael is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
• North Carrollton
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Carrollton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Carrollton
  • North Carrollton is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
• Carrollton
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carrollton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
  • Carrollton is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carrollton <4>
• West
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
  • West is located in Holmes County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West <4>
• Auris ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Auris have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auris
  • Auris is located in Attala County
• Rocky Point
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rocky Point. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
  • Rocky Point is located in Attala County
• Coila
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
  • Coila is located in Carroll County
• Hesterville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hesterville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesterville
  • Hesterville is located in Attala 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 Vaiden. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Vaiden.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vaiden ...

Looking for more information about Vaiden? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Vaiden, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Vaiden.

Adding Vaiden to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Vaiden 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 Vaiden was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Vaiden post office opened in 1859.

We also found Vaiden in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vaiden.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/