18-1237: [REDACTED] Look up Madison County in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Madison County may refer to one of 20 counties in the United States, almost all of which are named for James Madison : Madison County, Alabama Madison County, Arkansas Madison County, Florida Madison County, Georgia Madison County, Idaho Madison County, Illinois Madison County, Indiana Madison County, Iowa Madison County, Kentucky , originally Madison County, Virginia (1785–1792) Madison Parish, Louisiana Madison County, Mississippi Madison County, Missouri Madison County, Montana Madison County, Nebraska Madison County, New York Madison County, North Carolina Madison County, Ohio Madison County, Tennessee Madison County, Texas Madison County, Virginia (established 1792) See also [ edit ] The Bridges of Madison County , book and film set in Madison County, Iowa Madison County (film) ,
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54-499: A 2011 film [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Madison_County&oldid=1245979556 " Category : United States county name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
72-429: A household in the county was $ 26,533, and the median income for a family was $ 31,753. Males had a median income of $ 25,255 versus $ 19,607 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 12,511. About 18.90% of families and 23.10% of the population were below the poverty line , including 30.10% of those under age 18 and 22.50% of those age 65 or over. Madison County has at least two railroad lines. The primary one
90-609: Is a CSX line formerly owned by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad ; it served Amtrak 's Sunset Limited until it was truncated to New Orleans in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina . The station was Madison County's only active passenger railroad station until that point. The other line is owned by the Georgia and Florida Railway , and runs in close proximity to US 221 throughout Madison County. Madison County Schools operates public schools. Madison County High School
108-1176: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Madison County [REDACTED] Look up Madison County in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Madison County may refer to one of 20 counties in the United States, almost all of which are named for James Madison : Madison County, Alabama Madison County, Arkansas Madison County, Florida Madison County, Georgia Madison County, Idaho Madison County, Illinois Madison County, Indiana Madison County, Iowa Madison County, Kentucky , originally Madison County, Virginia (1785–1792) Madison Parish, Louisiana Madison County, Mississippi Madison County, Missouri Madison County, Montana Madison County, Nebraska Madison County, New York Madison County, North Carolina Madison County, Ohio Madison County, Tennessee Madison County, Texas Madison County, Virginia (established 1792) See also [ edit ] The Bridges of Madison County , book and film set in Madison County, Iowa Madison County (film) ,
126-408: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Madison County, Florida Madison County is a county located in the north central portion of the state of Florida , and borders the state of Georgia to the north. As of the 2020 census , the population was 17,968. Its county seat is also called Madison . Located in what is known as
144-640: Is one of the two high schools in Madison, the other is a charter high school, James Madison Preparatory High School. Madison County is served by the Suwannee River Regional Library System , which contains eight branches and also serves Hamilton and Suwannee counties. Like the rest of the Solid South , Madison County was reliably Democratic, with no Republican carrying it until 1964. Democrats were still able to carry
162-494: The Florida Panhandle , Madison County was created in 1827. It was named for James Madison , fourth President of the United States of America , who served from 1809 to 1817. It was developed as part of the plantation belt, with cotton cultivated and processed by enslaved African Americans. The county's economic and population growth was stagnant from the 1880s and for several decades into the early 20th century. In
180-428: The U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 716 square miles (1,850 km ), of which 696 square miles (1,800 km ) is land and 20 square miles (52 km ) (2.8%) is water. As of the 2020 United States census , there were 17,968 people, 6,778 households, and 4,232 families residing in the county. As of the census of 2000, there were 18,733 people, 6,629 households, and 4,680 families residing in
198-409: The county after 1964, with Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton each carrying the county twice, but their performance began to falter afterwards. Joe Biden 's performance in the county in 2020 was the worst since 1972 in terms of percentage of the county vote share. The small town of Greenville was the childhood home of rhythm and blues giant Ray Charles . Professional football player Chris Thompson
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#1732765716962216-461: The county's population of 15,537 was divided evenly between black and white. The last known lynching in the county was that in October 1945 of Jesse James Payne, a young married sharecropper with a child. After an economic dispute with the white landowner where he was sharecropping, where Payne escaped murder following "a demand for an unjust debt repayment", he was charged with sexually assaulting
234-403: The county. The population density was 27 people per square mile (10 people/km ). There were 7,836 housing units at an average density of 11 per square mile (4.2/km ). The racial makeup of the county was 57.49% Caucasian , 40.30% Black or African American , 0.32% Native American , 0.32% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 0.51% from other races , and 1.04% from two or more races. 3.20% of
252-496: The landowner's daughter, but was innocent. The sheriff and other law enforcement officials appeared implicated in Payne's murder, as he was left in the county jail unguarded after mob action had been threatened. Payne's was the only recorded lynching nationwide that year, when World War II ended. The case received national attention and the governor was strongly criticized for failure to mount a true investigation or to take action against
270-584: The period after Reconstruction, racial violence rose in the state, reaching a peak at the end of the 19th century and extending into the difficult economic years of the 1920s and 1930s. According to the Equal Justice Institute 's 2015 report, Lynching in America: Confronting Racial Terror , from 1877 to 1950, Madison County had 16 lynchings in this period, the 6th highest of any county in the state. In 1945,
288-442: The population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 6,629 households, out of which 31.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.90% were married couples living together, 17.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.40% were non-families. 25.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size
306-532: The sheriff. In 1949, Ernest Thomas, a WWII veteran, was tracked to a swamp in Madison County after he had fled from a wrongful accusation of rape in Groveland, Florida. He was found sleeping under a tree and was shot an estimated 400 times by a lynch mob led by Lake County Sheriff Willis V. McCall. As of August 2012, Madison became a wet county , meaning that voters had approved the legal sale, possession, or distribution of alcoholic beverages . According to
324-402: Was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.06. In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.30% under the age of 18, 9.20% from 18 to 24, 28.20% from 25 to 44, 22.70% from 45 to 64, and 14.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 107.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.80 males. The median income for
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