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Madison County
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county in Arkansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Arkansas
- Founded
- September 30, 1836
- Named after
- Madison County, Alabama
- Seat
- Huntsville
- Largest city
- Huntsville
- Total
- 837 sq mi (2,170 km )
- Land
- 834 sq mi (2,160 km )
- Water
- 2.8 sq mi (7.3 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 18,410
- Density
- 19.8/sq mi (7.65/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- madisoncogov .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- James Madison
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Arkansas
- Capital
- Huntsville
- Population
- 16521
- Area
- 2168
- Shares border with
- Crawford County
- Official website
- madisoncogov.com
- Image
- Madison County Courthouse in Huntsville, AR.jpg
- Households
- 6045
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- Commons category
- Madison County, Arkansas
- topic's main category
- Category:Madison County, Arkansas
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Madison County, Arkansas
- inception
- 1836-09-30
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Madison County
- different from
- Madison
- per capita income
- 22733
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Encyclopedic overview
Madison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,521. The county seat is Huntsville. The county was formed on September 30, 1836, and named for Madison County, Alabama, the home of some early settlers. They also named the county seat after Madison County in Alabama's county seat, Huntsville. Madison County is part of the Northwest Arkansas region.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Madison County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
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