The current area is mostly along the Mader's Cove Road along the waters of Mahone Bay and includes Westhaver Beach.
Church's 1883 map of the area surnames in the area included Mader, Strum, Smeltzer, Deal, Westhaver, Eisenhauer, Crooks, Roast, Ernst, Hyson, Loy, Zwicker, Wynook, Slaunwhite, Hebb, Ham, and Pickels.
Most of these surnames were still there in the 1931 Canadian Census; Mader, Strum, Knock, Ernst, Westhaver, Hyson, Deal, Smeltzer, Nauss, Hubley, Langille, Knicle, Sawlor, Rost, Eisner, Joudrey, Schwartz, Whynot, Slauenwhite, and Hamm.
Many were machinists or carpenters who worked at the Strum door and sash manufacturing plant in the Cove until it burnt down in the 1970s.
Phillip Smeltzer (Schmeltzer) (1729-1814) also came aboard the Gale in 1752 and his family was also one of the original grantees of Mader’s Cove.
Mader's Cove is a census area and is recognized for Nova Scotia property assessments.