Place:Madison, Alabama, United States

NameMadison
Alt namesDecatursource: Family History Library Catalog
Madisonsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates34.733°N 86.567°W
Located inAlabama, United States     (1808 - )
See alsoMarshall, Alabama, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Merrimack Cemetery
Census-designated place
New Market
Redstone Arsenal
Deserted settlement
Mason Lake
Inhabited place
Adair Ford
Ashland
Baltimore Hill
Bell Factory
Bellemeade
Belview Heights
Berkley
Big Cove
Bloucher Ford
Blue Spring Garden
Bobo Station ( 1890 - 1978 )
Bravo
Brentwood
Browns Corner
Brownsboro
Buckhorn
Bucks Canyon
Bucks Mill
Buggs Chapel
Burrows
Butler Mill
Byrd Springs
Canterbury
Carter Grove
Cedar Point
Cedar Valley
Cedargate
Chase
Cherokee Hills
Cherry Creek
Cherrytree
Chimney Springs
Clarkdale
Clarksville Landing
Cluttsville
Colonial Hills
Country Club Gardens
Country Club Park
Country Village
Deposit
Double Tree
Dug Hill
Eastridge
Echols Hill
Edgemont
Elkwood
Elon
Endsley Acres
English Terrace
Fannings Crossing
Fishtrap Ford
Fisk
Five Points
Fleming Hills
Forest Park
Fox Run
Gentily Forest
Gladstone
Glen Park
Green Acres
Green Cove Meadows
Greenbriar
Greenfield
Greenhill
Grove Park
Grove View Acres
Gurley
Haden
Harvest
Hazel Green
Hillmont
Hillsboro
Hillview Acres
Hillwood
Hobbs Island
Hoover
Huntsville Hills
Huntsville ( 1805 - )
Incline
Indian Hills
Jeff
Johnson
Keys Mill
Lakewood Manor
Lily Flagg
Lincoya
Line
Lynwood Gardens
Madison Crossroads
Madison Highlands
Madison Point
Madison
Manley Crossroads
Maple Hill
Maysville
McCaleb Mill
Meadow Trace
Meridianville
Mint Spring
Monrovia
Moontown
Moores Mill
Mount Carmel
Mount Lebanon
Mountain Heights
Nebo
New Haven
New Hope
New Sharon
North Daye Hill
Northside Acres
Northwood
Norton
Oak Grove
Oak Leaf
Oak Park
Oakwood
Old Monrovia
Owens Cross Roads
Pearsall Gardens
Pleasant Acres
Plevna
Rainbow
Ready Crossing
Redstone Park
Regent Forest
Ridgewood
Rolling Meadows
Rolling Woods
Roseboro
Russell Hill
Ryland Acres
Ryland
Saint Clair Store
Scenic View
Sherwood Park
Skinem
Skyline Acres
Slaughter Landing
South Gate
Stag Run
Steele Crossing
Stone Ridge
Sublett Mill
Sugar Tree
Sulphur Springs
Summit Place
Swancott
Swift Ford
Tara
The Woodlands
Three Forks
Toney
Triana Landing
Triana
Union Grove
Union Park
University Park
Valley Park
Vaughn Corners
Walker Woods
Walnut Grove
Westbury
Whitesburg
Willow Bend
Windsor Manor
Woodridge


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Madison County is located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 388,153, making it the third-most populous county in Alabama. Its county seat is Huntsville. Since the mid-20th century it has become an area of defense and space research and industry.

The county is named in honor of James Madison, fourth President of the United States and the first President to visit the state of Alabama. Madison County covers parts of the former Decatur County. Madison County is included in the Huntsville, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area. Image:Madison County, AL.jpg

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History

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Madison County was established on December 13, 1808, by the governor of the Mississippi Territory.[1] It is recognized as the "birthplace" of the state of Alabama, which was admitted to the Union on December 14, 1819. Huntsville was designated as the first capital of the new state.

For much of the county's history, its economy was based on agriculture, particularly cotton plantations, which were established across the uplands. These plantations and their owners' profits were dependent on the labor of enslaved African Americans before the Civil War. Madison County was one of the largest cotton-producing counties in the state.

Cotton remained important after the war. Most labor for cultivation was still provided by African Americans, but they worked as sharecroppers and tenant farmers. By the late 19th century, textile mills had been established around the county; they were restricted to white workers by the Jim Crow practices of racial segregation. During the early 20th century, the economy continued to be largely agricultural, although textile mills expanded their production.

During World War II, the Army established Redstone Arsenal here as a chemical weapon manufacturing site, and the county attracted related industries. After the war, it became a center of new weapon and rocket development. In 1950, a group of exiled German rocket scientists, led by Wernher von Braun, came to Redstone Arsenal from Fort Bliss, Texas in order to conduct research and development of new types of rockets.

By the 1960s, research expanded to rockets for space exploration. The Redstone rocket was modified to launch the first two Americans into space. The US began to emphasize investment in the Space Race, in order to compete with the Soviet Union during the Cold War years and to increase scientific gains. This work in the defense and space industries has generated tens of thousands of jobs in the area, most of them private contractors working in these fields. The population of Madison County has risen from 72,903 in 1950 to an estimated 395,211 in 2021.

Timeline

Date Event Source
1808 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1809 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1809 Marriage records recorded Source:Madison County Records:Marriage Records from 1809 to 1939 Completed
1810 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1810 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1818 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1818 Probate records recorded Source:Madison County Probate: 7,300+ Probate Records uploaded of 15,424 files - Under Construction
1820 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1840 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1881 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources

Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1810 4,699
1820 17,481
1830 27,990
1840 25,706
1850 26,427
1860 26,451
1870 31,267
1880 37,625
1890 38,119
1900 43,702
1910 47,041
1920 51,268
1930 64,623
1940 66,317
1950 72,903
1960 117,348
1970 186,540
1980 196,966
1990 238,912

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Madison County, Alabama, United States

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