Welcome to McFadden ...
So far, we found very little information about McFadden. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added McFadden to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with McFadden, please Contact Us.
McFadden would have been located within present day Carbon County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of McFadden, you might consider that their post office opened in 1921.
While the community is gone, the present day location for McFadden is 7,260 feet [2,213 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of McFadden is about 1½ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where McFadden was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Code where McFadden was located: 307
Communities Also Named McFadden ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named McFadden - they are located in Arkansas and Texas.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for McFadden.
Communities near McFadden ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near McFadden.
- Rock River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock River
- Rock River is located in Albany County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock River <4>
- Medicine Bow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Bow
- Medicine Bow is located in Carbon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medicine Bow <4>
- Elk Mountain
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mountain
- Elk Mountain is located in Carbon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elk Mountain <4>
- Milo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - Lookout ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east) - Rock Creek ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rock Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Rock Creek is located in Albany County
- Bosler
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosler
- Bosler is located in Albany County
- Centennial
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial
- Centennial is located in Albany County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centennial <4>
- Elmo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Elmo is located in Carbon County
- Hanna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanna
- Hanna is located in Carbon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 757 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hanna <4>
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around McFadden. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for McFadden.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of McFadden. 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 McFadden.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around McFadden. See our Newspapers Page for McFadden.
Adding McFadden to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of McFadden 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 McFadden was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
X2X - From that list, the McFadden post office opened in 1921.
We also found McFadden on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Wyoming (1956).
For more details, see References and Mentions for McFadden.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Wyoming: https://www.wyo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about McFadden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wyoming's counties, including Carbon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around McFadden - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |