- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Madison
- Date of Original:
- 2005-08-19
- Subject:
- Cities and towns--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Morgan County, Madison, 33.59568, -83.46794
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the town of Madison, Georgia. Located sixty miles east of Atlanta, in Georgia's Piedmont, Madison is the seat of Morgan County. With a population of just 3,636 (48.3 percent white, 47.8 percent black, and 2.1 percent Hispanic) according to the 2000 U.S. census, Madison was named the number-one small town in America by Travel Holiday magazine in 2001. Although it was a center for education and agriculture in the nineteenth century, it is best known today as a popular tourist destination.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/madison/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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