Madison County, Indiana

Madison County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

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Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for James Madison who was the fourth President of the United States.

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History

Madison County was formally organized July 1, 1823 It was named for James Madison, co-author of the Federalist Papers, and fourth President of the United States, from 1809 to 1817.

Madison County is divided into 14 Civil Townships as follows: Adams, Anderson, Boone, Duck Creek, Fall Creek, Green, Jackson, Lafayette, Monroe, Pipe Creek, Richland, Stoney Creek, Union and Van Buren.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 453 square miles (1,173 km²), of which 452 square miles (1,171 km²) is land and 1 square mile (2 km²) (0.17%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

North: Grant County
Northeast: Delaware County
Southeast: Henry County
South: Hancock County
Southwest: Hamilton County
Northwest: Tipton County

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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of our country!"

But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.

Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."

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