Madison County Alabama Genealogy
County Seat: Huntsville
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History
Mississippi Territory
Madison County was established on December 13, 1808, by the governor of the Mississippi Territory. The land was ceded by the Cherokee under the Treaty of Washington signed 1806, ratified 1807. The county was named for James Madison. There were 2,223 whites and 322 enslaved blacks resident in the county in 1809. The lands were surveyed in 1809 and initially sold out of the land office at Nashville, Tennessee. In 1811 the town of Huntsville was incorporated within the county and the General Land Office was relocated there from Nashville.
Alabama
Madison County 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.
Communities
- Cities: Huntsville (county seat; portions in Limestone, Marshall, and Morgan Counties), Madison (partly in Limestone County), New Hope, Owens Cross Roads
- Towns: Gurley, Triana
- Census-designated places: Harvest, Hazel Green, Meridianville, Moores Mill, New Market, Redstone Arsenal
- Unincorporated communities: Big Cove, Brownsboro, Chase, Hobbs Island, Maysville, Monrovia, Moontown, Plevna, Poplar Ridge, Rainbow, Ryland, Toney
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Adjacent counties
- Lincoln County, Tennessee - north
- Franklin County, Tennessee - northeast
- Jackson County - east
- Marshall County - southeast
- Morgan County - southwest
- Limestone County - west
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