Madison County, Texas

Founding: 1854 (declared in 1853)
Parent counties: Grimes, Leon, and Walker

Namesake: James Madison, U.S. president
Seat: Madisonville (1854–)

Land area: 466 square miles

Population (2020): 13,455

Population (historic): 2,238 (1860); 5,395 (1880); 10,432 (1900); 12,227 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1910–1930; 1960–2010

Subdivisions: Two cities

National Register listings: One

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 259 (4.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 40.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 30.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $347
Average outbuilding value (1930): $114
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,226
Average farm size (1920): 46.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Georgia
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Madisonville

Namesake: James Madison, U.S. president

Founding: 1853 (platting); 1854 (post office); 1912 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 4,420

Population (historic): 98 (1870); 418 (1890); 1,079 (1920)

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 107 (5.4%)

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