Madison County, Virginia

 

Founding: 1793
Parent county: Culpeper

Namesake: The locally prominent Madison family
Seat: Madison (1792–)

Land area: 321 square miles

Population (2020): 13,837

Population (historic): 8,322 (1800); 9,236 (1830); 8,670 (1870); 10,216 (1900); 8,962 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1830; 1840s; 1870s; 1960–2020

Subdivisions: One town; one CDP

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,349 (22.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 49.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 17.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,604
Average outbuilding value (1930): $771
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,354
Average farm size (1920): 79.4 acres
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Madison

Namesake: The locally prominent Madison family

Founding: 1800 (post office); 1931 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 205

Population (historic): 461 (1880); 353 (1890); 281 (1940)

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 54 (43.2%)
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