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Madison County, Alabama

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
91historic places
—earliest paper
1808formed
388,153pop. 2020
367cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 91 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971; 6 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Huntsville, New Market, Normal.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Alabama is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Madison titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

65 of 91 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

91 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University Historic DistrictNormalDistrict2001
Beckers BlockHuntsvilleBuilding1980
Bibb, James H., HouseMadisonBuilding1984
Big SpringHuntsvilleSite1980
Building at 105 N. Washington StreetHuntsvilleBuilding1984
Building at 305 JeffersonHuntsvilleBuilding2003
Buildings at 104-128 S. Side Sq.HuntsvilleBuilding1980
Burritt, William, MansionHuntsvilleBuilding1992
Butlers' StoreNew HopeBuilding1992
Church of the VisitationHuntsvilleBuilding1980
Clemens HouseHuntsvilleBuilding1974
Dallas MillHuntsvilleBuilding1978
Dallas Mill Village Historic DistrictHuntsvilleDistrict2011
Domestic Science BuildingNormalBuilding1973
Donegan BlockHuntsvilleBuilding1980
Downtown Chevron StationHuntsvilleBuilding1980
Dunnavant's BuildingHuntsvilleBuilding1980
Edmonton Heights Historic DistrictHuntsvilleDistrict2021
Episcopal Church of the Nativity NHLHuntsvilleBuilding1974
Everett BuildingHuntsvilleBuilding1980
First Baptist ChurchHuntsvilleBuilding2025
First National BankHuntsvilleBuilding1974
Five Points Historic DistrictHuntsvilleDistrict2012
Flint River PlaceHuntsvilleBuilding1982
Ford, Hezekiah, HouseHuntsvilleBuilding2014
Fowler's Department StoreHuntsvilleBuilding1996
Glenwood CemeteryHuntsvilleSite2023
Gurley Historic DistrictGurleyDistrict2004
Halsey Grocery WarehouseHuntsvilleBuilding1980
Halsey, W. L., WarehouseHuntsvilleBuilding1980
Henderson National BankHuntsvilleBuilding1980
Hotel Russel ErskineHuntsvilleBuilding1980
Humphreys, David C., HouseHuntsvilleBuilding1977
Hundley HouseHuntsvilleBuilding1978
Hundley Rental HousesHuntsvilleBuilding1980
Hutchens, Terry, BuildingHuntsvilleBuilding1980
Hutchens, W. T., BuildingHuntsvilleBuilding1983
Jude, George, HouseHuntsvilleBuilding2000
Kelly Brothers and Rowe BuildingHuntsvilleBuilding1980
Kildare-McCormick HouseHuntsvilleBuilding1982
Kress BuildingHuntsvilleBuilding1980
Lanford, William, HouseHuntsvilleDistrict1994
Leech-Hauer HouseHuntsvilleBuilding1978
Lincoln Mill and Mill Village Historic DistrictHuntsvilleDistrict2010
Lincoln SchoolHuntsvilleBuilding1982
Lombardo BuildingHuntsvilleBuilding1980
Lowe Mill and Mill Village Historic DistricHuntsvilleDistrict2011
Lowry HouseHuntsvilleBuilding2001
Madison Station Historic DistrictMadisonDistrict2006
Maple Hill CemeteryHuntsvilleSite2012
Mason BuildingHuntsvilleBuilding1980
May and Cooney Dry Goods CompanyHuntsvilleBuilding1980
McCartney-Bone HouseMaysvilleBuilding1977
McCrary HouseHuntsvilleBuilding1982
McThornmor Acres Subdivision Historic DistrictHuntsvilleDistrict2022
Merrimack Mill Village Historic DistrictHuntsvilleDistrict2010
Milligan BlockHuntsvilleBuilding1980
Monte Sano Railroad Workers' HouseHuntsvilleBuilding1998
Neutral Buoyancy Space Simulator NHLHuntsvilleStructure1985
New Market Historic DistrictNew MarketDistrict2004
New Market Presbyterian ChurchNew MarketBuilding1988
New Market United Methodist ChurchNew MarketBuilding1990
Old Town Historic DistrictHuntsvilleDistrict1978
Old Town Historic District (Boundary Increase & Additional Documentation)HuntsvilleDistrict2015
Otey, William Madison, HouseMeridianvilleBuilding1982
Phelps-Jones HouseHuntsvilleBuilding1982
Propulsion and Structural Test Facility NHLHuntsvilleStructure1985
Rand BuildingHuntsvilleBuilding1980
Randolph Street Church of ChristHuntsvilleBuilding1980
Redstone Test Stand NHLHuntsvilleStructure1976
Robinson, John, HouseHuntsvilleBuilding1977
Robinson, Mrs. William, HouseHuntsvilleBuilding1982
Saturn V Dynamic Test Stand NHLHuntsvilleStructure1985
Saturn V Space Vehicle NHLHuntsvilleStructure1978
Schiffman BuildingHuntsvilleBuilding1980
Southern Railway System DepotHuntsvilleBuilding1971
Steele-Fowler HouseHuntsvilleBuilding1974
Steger HouseHuntsvilleBuilding1982
Struve-Hay BuildingHuntsvilleBuilding1980
Times BuildingHuntsvilleBuilding1980
Twickenham Historic DistrictHuntsvilleDistrict1973
Twickenham Historic District (Boundary Increase & Additional Documentation)HuntsvilleDistrict2015
U.S. Courthouse and Post OfficeHuntsvilleBuilding1981
Urguhart HouseHuntsvilleBuilding1992
Vaught HouseHuntsvilleBuilding1981
Warden's ResidenceTrianaBuilding2010
White-Turner-Sanford HouseHuntsvilleBuilding1984
Whitesburg Estates Historic DistrictHuntsvilleDistrict2024
Whitman-Cobb HouseNew MarketBuilding1982
Withers-Chapman HouseHuntsvilleBuilding1978
Yarbrough HotelHuntsvilleBuilding1980

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Madison was formed in 1808 (1808-12-13) from unknown / original county.

MADISON created by Mississippi Territory from Non-County Area 1.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Madison County population from 1810 to 2020 (Census historical series).

388k196k4,6991810184018801920196020002020
1810182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
4,69917,48125,70626,45137,62543,70251,26866,31772,903117,348196,966276,700388,153

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

367 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 367 listed
NameLatLon
Acklin - Derrick Cemetery34.77842-86.47832
Adams - Crutcher Cemetery34.90725-86.78363
Allison Cemetery34.62945-86.40154
Antioch Primitive Baptist Cemetery34.79897-86.50026
Arnett Cemetery34.62913-86.72252
Bailey Cemetery34.67191-86.53493
Bailey Cemetery34.69919-86.78205
Baker Cemetery34.6041-86.44169
Baker Cemetery34.83809-86.41357
Baker Cemetery34.89147-86.37554
Barclay - Teney Cemetery34.61337-86.75289
Battle Cemetery34.88715-86.52405
Battle Cemetery34.79758-86.58376
Battle Cemetery34.85501-86.6062
Batts - Ward Cemetery34.58453-86.74583
Bayless Cemetery34.91675-86.7318
Bayless Cemetery34.84647-86.56804
Beason Cemetery34.66456-86.4273
Beaverdam Cemetery34.87415-86.66233
Belleview Cemetery34.80592-86.4611
Bentley Cemetery34.85147-86.5511
Bethel Cemetery34.6123-86.35748
Betts Cemetery34.72179-86.76619
Bevill Cemetery34.97619-86.52304
Bibb Cemetery34.69994-86.75839
Big Cove Cemetery34.64575-86.47236
Binford Cemetery34.75194-86.69116
Blackburn Cemetery34.83458-86.4558
Blair Cemetery34.73455-86.39852
Blankenship Cemetery34.83912-86.5198
Bloomfield Cemetery34.54523-86.53385
Bloucher Ford Cemetery34.8813-86.49973
Boggess Cemetery34.49025-86.42052
Bone Cemetery34.79439-86.4089
Bone Cemetery34.79555-86.40749
Booker Cemetery34.87861-86.74909
Bouldin - Hammond Cemetery34.85543-86.733
Bradford Cemetery34.72703-86.65277
Bragg Cemetery34.86416-86.40053
Bragg Cemetery34.84832-86.39861
Brandontown Cemetery34.74498-86.62988
Brazelton Cemetery34.62717-86.4366
Briar Fork Cemetery34.92425-86.63638
Britton Cemetery34.97898-86.45492
Browning Cemetery34.8568-86.75529
Buford Cemetery34.59162-86.49025
Burdine Cemetery34.84082-86.43585
Burns Cemetery34.61231-86.55489
Burton Cemetery34.61161-86.60714
Bush Cemetery34.5344-86.463
Byrd Cemetery34.60176-86.44217
Cabaniss Cemetery34.96429-86.55599
Campbell Cemetery34.57028-86.53514
Camper Cemetery34.70549-86.74371
Carpenter Cemetery34.89511-86.69787
Carroll Cemetery34.87101-86.76621
Cavett Cemetery34.87112-86.56711
Cedar Grove Cemetery34.53061-86.44625
Center Grove Cemetery34.77175-86.65249
Center Hill Cemetery34.87417-86.78381
Chambless - Byrne Cemetery34.77395-86.44477
Chandler Cemetery34.59925-86.39776
Chandler Cemetery34.96394-86.68001
Charity Cemetery34.94832-86.61396
Clark Cemetery34.85819-86.61711
Clark Cemetery34.6044-86.66803
Clift Cemetery34.74981-86.75833
Clopton Cemetery34.81046-86.4885
Cloud Cemetery34.48534-86.48823
Cobb Cemetery34.64846-86.44419
Cochran Cemetery34.90484-86.42308
Cole - Holloway Cemetery34.93064-86.64194
Collier Cemetery34.63903-86.41237
Collier Cemetery34.57894-86.7652
Concord Cemetery34.94508-86.50443
Conley Cemetery34.83316-86.67667
Conley Cemetery34.8788-86.6
Conley Chapel Cemetery34.80667-86.66029
Connally Cemetery34.79871-86.45809
Cornelius Cemetery34.82425-86.62925
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Lowe34.58676-86.41471

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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