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Welcome to Madge ...

Madge is located in Washburn County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Madge, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Madge is 1,290 feet [393 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Madge: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Madge ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Madge - they are located in Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Madge ...

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

  • Rice Lake
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Rice Lake is located in Barron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,498 people
  • Spooner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Shell Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Birchwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Birchwood is located in Washburn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
  • Haugen
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Haugen is located in Barron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haugen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
  • Nobleton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Earl
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Stone Lake
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Bashaw
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Reserve
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

Adding Madge to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Madge post office opened in 1891. The Madge post office closed in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Madge.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Washburn, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Madge - 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 715 code has been Overlayed with the 534 area code. New phone numbers in the Madge area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Madge area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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/