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Welcome to Baden ...

Baden is located in Dickenson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Baden, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911.

Baden is 1,630 feet [497 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Baden: 276

Communities Also Named Baden ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Baden - they are located in California, Georgia, Kansas, Manitoba, Maryland, Minnesota (2), Missouri, North Dakota, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Baden ...

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

  • Norton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Wise
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jenkins
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jenkins is located in Letcher County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,895 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jenkins <3>
  • Coeburn
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Whitesburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Clintwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Pound
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Elkhorn City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Paul
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Fleming - Neon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Fleming - Neon is located in Letcher County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming - Neon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 610 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 Baden. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Baden.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Baden ...

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

Adding Baden to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Baden 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 Baden was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Baden post office opened in 1911. The Baden post office closed in 1952.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Baden.

Footnotes ...

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