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Place names

  • Madison, Wisconsin
    Madison, Wisconsin
    Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....

    , the largest city by the name and the state capital of Wisconsin
  • Madison, Alabama
    Madison, Alabama
    As of the census of 2000, there were 29,329 people, 11,143 households, and 8,067 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,266.5 people per square mile . There were 12,121 housing units at an average density of 523.4 per square mile...

  • Madison, Arkansas
    Madison, Arkansas
    Madison is a city in St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 987 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Madison is located at ....

  • Madison, California
    Madison, California
    Madison is a census-designated place in Yolo County, California. Madison's ZIP Code is 95653 and its area code 530. It is located west of Woodland, at an elevation of 151 feet . The 2010 United States census reported Madison's population was 503.-History:The Cache Creek post office opened in...

  • Madison, Connecticut
    Madison, Connecticut
    Madison is a town in the southeastern corner of New Haven County, Connecticut, occupying a central location on Connecticut's Long Island Sound shoreline. The population was 18,812 at the 2000 census....

  • Madison, Florida
    Madison, Florida
    Madison is a city in Madison County, Florida, United States. The population was 3,061 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 3,195...

  • Madison, Georgia
    Madison, Georgia
    Madison is a city in Morgan County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,636 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Morgan County....

  • Madison, Illinois
    Madison, Illinois
    Madison is a city in Madison County and partially in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,545 at the 2000 census. It is home to Gateway International Raceway and the first Bulgarian Orthodox church in the United States.-Geography:...

  • Madison, Indiana
    Madison, Indiana
    As of the census of 2000, there were 12,004 people, 5,092 households, and 3,085 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,402.9 people per square mile . There were 5,597 housing units at an average density of 654.1 per square mile...

  • Madison, Kansas
    Madison, Kansas
    Madison is a city in Greenwood County, Kansas, United States, along the Verdigris River. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 701.-Geography:Madison is located at...

  • Madison, Maine
    • Madison (CDP), Maine
      Madison (CDP), Maine
      Madison is a census-designated place in the town of Madison in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,733 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Madison is located at ....

      , census-designated place within the town of Madison
  • Madison, Minnesota
    Madison, Minnesota
    As of the census of 2000, there were 1,768 people, 789 households, and 462 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,737.6 people per square mile . There were 882 housing units at an average density of 866.9 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 99.21% White,...

  • Madison, Mississippi
    Madison, Mississippi
    Madison is a city in Madison County, Mississippi, USA. The population was 14,691 at the 2000 census. The population is currently 16,930. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is currently the highest income city in the state...

  • Madison, Missouri
    Madison, Missouri
    Madison is a city in Monroe County, Missouri, United States. The population was 586 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Madison is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

  • Madison, Nebraska
    Madison, Nebraska
    Madison is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Norfolk, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,367 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

  • Madison, New Hampshire
    Madison, New Hampshire
    Madison is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,502 at the 2010 census. Madison includes the village of Silver Lake.- History :...

  • Madison, New Jersey
    Madison, New Jersey
    Madison is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the population was 16,530. It also is known as "The Rose City".-Geography:Madison is located at ....

  • Madison (town), New York
    Madison (town), New York
    Madison is a town in Madison County, New York, United States. The population was 2,801 at the 2000 census.The Town of Madison contains a village also named Madison. The town is on the eastern border of the county.- History :...

    • Madison (village), New York
      Madison (village), New York
      Madison is a village in Madison County, New York, USA. The population was 315 at the 2000 census. The village and its town are named after President James Madison.The Village of Madison is in the central part of the Town of Madison on US Route 20....

      , within the town of Madison
  • Madison, North Carolina
    Madison, North Carolina
    Madison is a town located in Rockingham County, North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 2,262. It is home to the corporate headquarters of Remington Arms.-Schools:...

  • Madison, Ohio
    Madison, Ohio
    Madison is a village in Lake County, Ohio, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 2,921.-Geography:Madison is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....

  • Madison, Pennsylvania
    Madison, Pennsylvania
    Madison is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 510 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Madison is located at ....

  • Madison, South Dakota
    Madison, South Dakota
    Madison is a city in Lake County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 6,474 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Lake County and is home to Dakota State University.-Geography:Madison is located at ....

  • Madison, Tennessee
    Madison, Tennessee
    Madison, Tennessee is a neighborhood in northeast Nashville, Tennessee in the United States. It is incorporated as part of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County....

  • Madison, Virginia
    Madison, Virginia
    Madison is a town in Madison County, Virginia, United States. The population was 210 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Madison County.-Geography:Madison is located at ....

  • Madison, West Virginia
    Madison, West Virginia
    Madison is a city in Boone County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 3,076 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Boone County.-History:...

  • Madison (town), Wisconsin
    Madison (town), Wisconsin
    Madison is a town in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 7,005 at the 2000 census...

    , adjacent to the city of Madison
  • Madison Lake, Minnesota
    Madison Lake, Minnesota
    Madison Lake is a city in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,017 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Mankato–North Mankato Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

  • Madison Park, Seattle, Washington State

Streets

  • Madison Avenue (Manhattan)
    Madison Avenue (Manhattan)
    Madison Avenue is a north-south avenue in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, United States, that carries northbound one-way traffic. It runs from Madison Square to the Madison Avenue Bridge at 138th Street. In doing so, it passes through Midtown, the Upper East Side , Spanish Harlem, and...

    , a famous avenue in New York City
  • Madison Street (Chicago)
    Madison Street (Chicago)
    Madison Street is a major east-west street in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to human intervention, the Chicago River emptied into Lake Michigan at the present day intersection of Madison Street and Michigan Avenue....

    , a major thoroughfare
  • Madison Street (Manhattan)
    Madison Street (Manhattan)
    Madison Street is a two-way thoroughfare in the Lower East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan that begins under the Brooklyn Bridge entrance ramp and ends at Grand Street. It is roughly sixteen large city blocks long. Due to security measures implemented after the September 11, 2001...


Green places

  • Madison Blue Springs State Park
    Madison Blue Springs State Park
    Madison Blue Springs State Park is a Florida State Park, located approximately ten miles east of Madison on the west bank of the Withlacoochee River. It contains one of the state's 33 first magnitude springs.-References and external links:* at * at...

  • Madison River
    Madison River
    The Madison River is a headwater tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 183 miles long, in Wyoming and Montana. Its confluence with the Jefferson and Gallatin rivers near Three Forks, Montana form the Missouri River....

    , in Wyoming and Montana
  • Madison Square
    Madison Square
    Madison Square is formed by the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway at 23rd Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The square was named for James Madison, fourth President of the United States and the principal author of the United States Constitution.The focus of the square is...

    , a public park in New York City
  • Mount Madison
    Mount Madison
    Mount Madison is a mountain in the Presidential Range of New Hampshire in the United States. It is named after the fourth U.S. President, James Madison....

    , in the White Mountains of New Hampshire

Buildings

  • Madison Square Garden
    Madison Square Garden
    Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan and located at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station.Opened on February 11, 1968, it is the...

  • Madison Carnegie Library
    Madison Carnegie Library
    The Madison Carnegie Library or Madison Public Library, located at 401 Sixth Avenue, Madison, in the U.S. state of Minnesota is a public library building built in 1905 of brick with limestone trim. Its characteristic features include a columned and pedimented main entrance and a small polygonal...

  • Milton-Madison Bridge
    Milton-Madison Bridge
    The Milton-Madison Bridge is a continuous truss bridge that connects Milton, Kentucky and Madison, Indiana. It carries approximately 10,000 cars a day. A contract has been signed to replace the bridge by 2012.-Description:...

  • Hamilton-Madison House
    Hamilton-Madison House
    Hamilton-Madison House is a voluntary, non-profit settlement house dedicated to improving the quality of life of its community, primarily that of the Two Bridges/Chinatown area of the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York, United States...


Education

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison
    University of Wisconsin–Madison
    The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...

    , Madison, Wisconsin
  • James Madison University
    James Madison University
    James Madison University is a public coeducational research university located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, U.S. Founded in 1908 as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, the university has undergone four name changes before settling with James Madison University...

    , Harrisonburg, Virginia
  • James Madison College
    James Madison College
    This article is about the public-policy college at Michigan State University. For the similarly named institution in Virginia, see James Madison University....

    , Michigan State University
  • Madison University
    Madison University
    Madison University is a non-accredited distance learning college located in Gulfport, Mississippi. The state of Mississippi considers Madison an "unapproved" college. Madison is also listed as an unaccredited and/or substandard institution by four other U.S. states...

    , Mississippi

Entertainment

  • Madison (dance)
    Madison (dance)
    The Madison is a novelty dance that was popular in the late 1950s to mid 1960s. The Madison was created and first danced in Columbus, Ohio, in 1957. The local popularity of the dance and record in Baltimore, Maryland, came to the attention of the producers of The Buddy Deane Show in 1960...

  • Madison (film)
    Madison (film)
    Madison is a semi-fictional 2001 film about APBA hydroplane racing in the 1970s. It stars James Caviezel as a driver who comes out of retirement to lead the Madison, Indiana community-owned racing team.-Background:...

  • Madison (TV series)
    Madison (TV series)
    Madison is a Canadian teen drama television series that premiered on Global Television Network on September 21, 1993. The first season of the series was filmed between 1991 and 1993 and released in 1992 and 1993 to classrooms as a learning aid under the title of Working It Out at...

    , a Canadian TV series running from 1993–1997
  • Madison (band)
    Madison (band)
    Madison was an American rock band from New Jersey during 2001-2006. After releasing their debut EP 'For The First Time in Years... I'm Finally Leaving You' under Fidelity Records, the band signed with Rushmore Records/Drive-Thru Records in 2005...

    , a former American rock band from New Jersey
  • Madison Avenue (band)
    Madison Avenue (band)
    Madison Avenue was an Australian house music duo consisting of writer-producer Andy Van Dorsselaer and singer-lyricist Cheyne Coates. Madison Avenue is best known for the song "Don't Call Me Baby", which peaked at number two on the Australian singles charts in 1999.- History :Before joining Madison...

    , an Australian duo
  • Madison Records
    Madison Records
    Madison Records was a United States-based record label. It was also sold in the United Kingdom through the F.W. Woolworth dime store chain. It was a subsidiary of Grey Gull Records, produced from 1926 through 1931...

    , a U.S. record label
  • Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps

Ships

  • USCS Madison
    USCS Madison
    USCS Madison was a schooner that served as a survey ship in the United States Coast Survey from 1850 to 1858.Madisons origins are obscure, but the Coast Survey acquired her in 1850 and placed her in service along the United States East Coast, where she spent her entire Coast Survey career. She was...

    , a survey ship in service with the United States Coast Survey from 1850 to 1858
  • USS Madison
    USS Madison
    USS Madison may refer to:, was a 14 gun schooner launched in 1812 on Lake Ontario and served in the War of 1812, was a Van Buren-class schooner built in 1832 for United States Revenue Service and was returned to the Treasury Department and later to the United States Coastal Survey., was a...

    , two United States Navy ships and one United States Revenue Cutter Service (later United States Coast Guard) cutter
  • USS James Madison
    USS James Madison
    Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS James Madison, after James Madison the fourth President of the United States:*USRC James Madison , was a revenue cutter launched in 1807 and captured by on 22 August 1812 after a chase of seven hours. Her ultimate fate is unknown...

    , one United States Navy guided-missile submarine and one United States Revenue Cutter Service (later United States Coast Guard) cutter

Other uses

  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Madison
    Roman Catholic Diocese of Madison
    The Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin, is the Roman Catholic Diocese for the southwest corner of Wisconsin. It comprises Columbia, Dane, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jefferson, LaFayette, Marquette, Rock and Sauk counties. The area of the diocese is approximately...

    , Wisconsin
  • Madison (cycling)
    Madison (cycling)
    The madison is a team event in track cycling, named after the first Madison Square Garden in New York, and known as the "American race" in French and in Italian and Spanish as Americana.-History:...

    , a track cycling event
  • Madison (wrestler)
    Madison (wrestler)
    Madison is a Canadian professional wrestler who got her start in NWA: Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling out of Vancouver.-Early life:...

    , a Canadian professional wrestler
  • Madison Guaranty
    Madison Guaranty
    Madison Guaranty was a Little Rock, Arkansas financial trust company.Starting in 1982 and operated by Jim McDougal-Susan McDougal Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan failed in the late 1980s. On April 14, 1997, Jim McDougal was convicted of 18 felony counts of fraud conspiracy charges...

    , a financial trust company
  • Madison piercing
    Madison piercing
    A Madison piercing is a body piercing going through the skin at the front of the neck. They are surface piercings, and have a high rate of migration and rejection. They have a long healing period, if they heal at all...

    , a body piercing at the front of the neck
  • Dolly Madison
    Dolly Madison
    Dolly Madison is a U.S. bakery brand owned by Hostess Brands, marketing pre-packaged baked snack foods. Bakeries are located throughout the U.S.- Marketing :...

    , a U.S. bakery brand
  • "Madison", the code name for an Itanium 2 processor
  • "Il Madison", an Italian nickname for Land Rover Arena in Bologna

See also

  • Madisonville (disambiguation)
  • Madison County (disambiguation)
  • Madison Heights (disambiguation)
  • Madison High School (disambiguation)
  • Madison Township (disambiguation)
  • Marbury v. Madison
    Marbury v. Madison
    Marbury v. Madison, is a landmark case in United States law and in the history of law worldwide. It formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution. It was also the first time in Western history a court invalidated a law by declaring...

  • Maddison (disambiguation)
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