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Madison County, Missouri

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5historic places

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1819formed

12,626pop. 2020

64cemeteries

2CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 5 listed properties in the county, first listed in 2000. Most listings are in or near Fredericktown.

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

0 of 5 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

5 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Fredericktown Courthouse Square Historic District	Fredericktown	District	2009
Fredericktown Missouri Pacific Railroad Depot	Fredericktown	Building	2000
Fredericktown United States Post Office	Fredericktown	Building	2009
Madison County Courthouse	Fredericktown	Building	2000
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad Depot	Fredericktown	Building	2005

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 1819 (1819-01-01) from Cape Girardeau, Ste.

MADISON created from CAPE GIRARDEAU and STE. GENEVIEVE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Madison County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,047	3,395	5,664	8,876	9,975	10,721	9,656	10,380	9,366	10,725	11,800	12,626

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

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

Cemeteries — 64 of 64 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Antioch Cemetery	37.43623	-90.30274
Arnett Cemetery	37.53866	-90.29067
Ashlock Cemetery	37.5575	-90.4936
Barber Cemetery	37.4219	-90.30765
Barrett Cemetery	37.33764	-90.29333
Berry Cemetery	37.40903	-90.46468
Black Mountain Cemetery	37.4556	-90.51845
Blaylock Cemetery	37.37394	-90.1526
Brewington Cemetery	37.32877	-90.54907
Brewington Cemetery	37.37609	-90.44587
Buckner Cemetery	37.55586	-90.32501
Burnley Cemetery	37.41059	-90.2564
Captains Creek Cemetery	37.44957	-90.43956
Casey Cemetery	37.53717	-90.30223
Clubb Cemetery	37.58316	-90.40265
Colvert Cemetery	37.54504	-90.30761
Cox Cemetery	37.40005	-90.41111
Davis Cemetery	37.38574	-90.5293
Dorris Cemetery	37.31678	-90.27511
East Cemetery	37.39318	-90.46568
Francis Cemetery	37.4735	-90.40742
Graham Cemetery	37.34838	-90.28039
Greenwood Cemetery	37.32367	-90.39484
Gregory Cemetery	37.40391	-90.40786
Grell Cemetery	37.53309	-90.54613
Griffin Cemetery	37.54438	-90.37505
Hill Cemetery	37.58335	-90.31948
Huffman - McKelvey Cemetery	37.3306	-90.28566
Jewett Cemetery	37.37755	-90.49678
Kelley Cemetery	37.38612	-90.52895
Kessler Cemetery	37.60644	-90.37421
Kings Cemetery	None	None
Marcus Memorial Cemetery	37.5265	-90.30488
Miller Cemetery	37.4228	-90.46277
Mine la Motte Cemetery	37.61838	-90.28261
Moores Chapel Cemetery	37.36402	-90.15555
Mount Pisgah Cemetery	37.3775	-90.39645
Mountain Oak Cemetery	37.62456	-90.44915
Mouser Cemetery	37.43023	-90.18266
Nance Cemetery	37.56602	-90.39509
Oak Grove Cemetery	37.57109	-90.38159
Peterman - Dees Cemetery	37.54574	-90.23118
Revelle Cemetery	37.49133	-90.3012
Revelle Cemetery	37.53227	-90.36845
Rhodes Cemetery	37.32561	-90.22897
Rickman Cemetery	37.3731	-90.21566
Royer Cemetery	37.5389	-90.48137
Royer Cemetery	37.52077	-90.51317
Saint Michaels Catholic Cemetery	37.56061	-90.2979
Saint Michaels Church Catholic Cemetery	37.57872	-90.28465
Sanders Cemetery	37.39452	-90.32523
Settle Cemetery	37.38225	-90.33529
Shoemaker Cemetery	37.39359	-90.5344
Shoemaker Cemetery	37.45622	-90.48592
Spring Valley Cemetery	37.53048	-90.17141
Stephens Cemetery	37.45066	-90.23792
Stevens Cemetery	37.55497	-90.25137
Tawfall Cemetery	37.58958	-90.38456
Tessereau Cemetery	None	None
Underwood Cemetery	37.5565	-90.17751
Whitener Cemetery	37.36682	-90.40814
Whitener Cemetery	37.40901	-90.16853
Wilson - Graham Cemetery	37.57346	-90.39628
Younts Cemetery	37.40641	-90.22245

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Braddy Ford	37.50144	-90.4579

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

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Fredericktown	587	8.7 km	MO007
Fort Davidson	1,054	29.7 km	MO021

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

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