Madden, Alberta
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Madden is a designated place (an unincorporated hamlet) in southern Alberta, Canada, in the Municipal District of Rocky View.
Madden is located approximately 61 kilometers or 37.9 miles north of the City of Calgary, on Highway 574, straight west of Crossfield on Highway 2, the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor.
The hamlet was named after Bernard Madden, and early pioneer and a prominent rancher who arrived in the area in 1876. The post office was opened in May 1, 1931.
[edit] References
Karamitsanis, Aphrodite (1992). Place Names of Alberta – Volume II, Southern Alberta, University of Calgary Press, Calgary, Alberta.
Read, Tracey (1983). Acres and Empires – A History of the Municipal District of Rocky View, Calgary, Alberta.
[edit] External links
- Municipal District of Rocky View's official website
- Rocky View Community Profile on Alberta First
- Calgary-Edmonton Corridor in Alberta
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