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Madison County, Indiana

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19historic places

—earliest paper

1823formed

130,129pop. 2020

59cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 19 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Anderson, Pendleton, Chesterfield.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

8 of 19 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

19 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Anderson Bank Building	Anderson	Building	1984
Anderson Downtown Historic District	Anderson	District	2006
Anderson High School Wigwam	Anderson	Building	2018
Carnegie Public Library	Anderson	Building	1985
Central Avenue School	Anderson	Building	2007
Chesterfield Spiritualist Camp District	Chesterfield	District	2002
Elwood Downtown Historic District	Elwood	District	2002
Fall Creek Meeting House	Pendleton	Building	1997
Gruenewald House	Anderson	Building	1976
Lauter, H., Company Complex	Indianapolis	Building	2015
Madison County Bridge No. 149	Pendleton	Structure	2008
Makepeace, George, House	Chesterfield	Building	1985
Mounds State Park	Anderson	Site	1973
Paramount Theater Building	Anderson	Building	1991
Pendleton Historic District	Pendleton	District	1991
Thawley, Joseph & Lucinda, House	Summitville	Building	2009
Tower Hotel	Anderson	Building	1997
West Central Historic District	Anderson	District	1984
West Eighth Street Historic District	Anderson	District	1976

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 1823 (1823-07-01) from DELAWARE New Purchase.

MADISON created from DELAWARE New Purchase.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Madison County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1830	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,238	8,874	16,518	27,527	70,470	69,151	88,575	103,911	125,819	139,336	133,358	130,129

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

59 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 59 of 59 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Anderson Memorial Park	40.04486	-85.72232
Bell Cemetery	40.28544	-85.70944
Bronnenberg Cemetery	40.11733	-85.60925
Brookside Cemetery	40.06077	-85.85086
Brown Cemetery	40.26007	-85.73936
Bucco Cemetery	40.05087	-85.65497
Bunker Cemetery	39.96811	-85.71586
Capp Tucker Cemetery	40.02193	-85.60379
Carver Cemetery	40.30963	-85.71681
Clem Cemetery	40.05532	-85.60994
Collier Cemetery	39.96615	-85.59275
Crosley Cemetery	39.97372	-85.78032
Donahoo Cemetery	40.22335	-85.66433
Doty Cemetery	39.95003	-85.85081
Duck Creek Cemetery	40.26031	-85.85525
Elwood Cemetery	40.27163	-85.84727
Fausset Cemetery	39.95215	-85.85483
Forrestville Cemetery	40.34327	-85.74182
Gilmore Cemetery	40.01559	-85.6483
Gravel Lawn Cemetery	39.95781	-85.84494
Grove Lawn Cemetery	40.01032	-85.74359
Hiday Cemetery	39.95503	-85.84303
Holson Cemetery	40.21632	-85.64353
Howard Cemetery	40.23447	-85.77263
Jones Cemetery	40.19409	-85.58937
Jones Cemetery	39.97674	-85.81508
Keesling Cemetery	40.05402	-85.58626
Knights of Pythias Cemetery	40.21899	-85.77956
Maplewood Cemetery	40.1156	-85.66442
Moonville Cemetery	40.18679	-85.60197
Moss Cemetery	40.10956	-85.73066
Mount Carmel Cemetery	39.96515	-85.79134
Mount Pisgah Cemetery	40.29192	-85.64355
Mount Zion Lutheran Cemetery	40.01846	-85.66031
Musick Cemetery	40.35849	-85.64803
Neese Cemetery	40.16276	-85.83464
Nelson Cemetery	40.15022	-85.62721
Nicholson Cemetery	40.01122	-85.84293
Old Woodward Cemetery	40.0844	-85.82936
Parkview Cemetery	40.25336	-85.66886
Pee Wee Cemetery	40.01779	-85.66411
Perkinsville Cemetery	40.14087	-85.85192
Pleasant Valley Cemetery	40.0098	-85.7914
Prewett Cemetery	40.20733	-85.80703
Saint Joseph Cemetery	40.25455	-85.85218
Saint Marys Cemetery	40.09526	-85.68364
Shell Cemetery	40.19378	-85.82258
Sigler Cemetery	40.22636	-85.78536
Smith Cemetery	40.19217	-85.66896
Starr Cemetery	40.29171	-85.67872
Sunset Memorial Park	40.25717	-85.84317
Vandeventer Cemetery	40.08329	-85.67029
Vinson Cemetery	40.3166	-85.65386
Waggy Cemetery	40.06512	-85.69288
Walker Cemetery	39.99001	-85.63616
Walker Cemetery	40.28392	-85.61025
Waymire Cemetery	40.30611	-85.81798
Wesley Chapel Cemetery	40.20132	-85.648
West Maplewood Cemetery	40.11575	-85.67486

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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