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Madison County, Mississippi

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32historic places

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1828formed

109,145pop. 2020

179cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 32 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near Canton, Madison, Ridgeland.

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

15 of 32 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

32 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Boddie, John W., House	Tougaloo	Building	1982
Boyd Mounds Site (22MD512)	Ridgeland	Site	1989
Canton Cemetery	Canton	Site	2015
Canton Courthouse Square Historic District	Canton	District	1982
Canton Courthouse Square Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Canton	District	1989
Canton High School	Canton	Building	1998
Chapel of the Cross	Mannsdale	Building	1972
Curran, John, House	Madison	Building	1986
Doak's Stand Treaty Site	Canton	Site	1978
Dorroh Street Historic District	Madison	District	1986
East Canton Historic District	Canton	District	1998
Fairview School	Canton	Building	2009
Farr Mercantile Co.-R. B. Price Mercantile Co.	Madison	Building	1986
Kirkpatrick Dental Office	Canton	Building	1991
Long Moss Plantation House	Canton	Building	1996
Madison County Jail	Canton	Building	1979
Madison-Ridgeland Public School	Madison	Building	1986
Mississippi Institute of Aeronautics Aircraft Hangars	Madison	Building	2005
Montgomery House	Madison	Building	1984
Mt. Zion Baptist Church	Canton	Building	2000
Natchez Trace, Old, and Choctaw Agency Site	Ridgeland	Site	1995
Old Natchez Trace (170-30)	Ridgeland	Structure	1976
Puckshunubbee-Haley Site	Madison	Site	1984
Sedgewood Plantation	Canton	Building	2000
Smith, Charles F., House	Canton	Building	1994
Strawberry Fields Site (22Md644)	Canton	Site	1988
Strawberry Patch-McKay House	Madison	Building	1986
Tilda Bogue	Canton	Building	1983
Tougaloo College	Tougaloo	District	1998
White Perch Paradise Site (22MD641)	Goshen Springs	Site	1987
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Depot	Flora	Building	1995
Young House	Canton	Building	2008

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 1828 (1828-01-29) from Yazoo.

MADISON created from YAZOO.

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
4,973	15,530	23,382	25,866	32,493	29,292	37,504	33,860	32,904	41,613	74,674	109,145

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

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

Cemeteries — 80 of 179 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Abernathy Family Cemetery	32.4882	-90.41098
Adcock Cemetery	None	None
Adcock Family Cemetery	32.85136	-89.74083
Anderson Cemetery	32.56042	-90.24592
Anderson Cemetery	32.56042	-90.26787
Andrew Chapel Cemetery	None	None
Andrews Chapel Cemetery	32.81404	-89.88584
Atkinson Cemetery	None	None
Baskin Family Cemetery	None	None
Beale Family Cemetery	32.56036	-89.91953
Bethel Cemetery	32.50953	-90.40676
Bethel Church Cemetery	32.83624	-89.95036
Billingslea Family Cemetery	None	None
Brown Cemetery	32.68054	-89.78557
Brown Plantation Cemetery	None	None
Buckhorn Cemetery	32.57656	-90.04627
Camden Cemetery	32.78124	-89.84174
Cameron Cemetery	32.62708	-90.16461
Camp Ground Cemetery	32.70211	-89.87003
Canton Cemetery	32.60791	-90.02813
Carson Family Cemetery	None	None
Cedar Grove Cemetery	32.48851	-90.27749
Chaney Cemetery	32.53661	-89.9647
Chapel of the Cross Cemetery	32.52179	-90.19038
Clark Cemetery	32.51902	-90.29758
Clayton Cemetery	32.50542	-90.38343
Concord Cemetery	32.78472	-89.96916
Coney Cemetery	None	None
Couparle Cemetery	32.85574	-89.82163
Damascus Baptist Cemetery	32.55824	-90.24383
Dear Cemetery	32.82247	-89.76544
Dickson Cemetery	32.77874	-89.91869
East Flora Cemetery	None	None
Eugene Garrett Memorial Garden	None	None
Eugene Garrett Memorial Garden Cemetery	32.67596	-89.77646
Evans Family Cemetery	None	None
Fairview Church Cemetery	32.51163	-90.03733
Farmhaven Church Cemetery	32.68125	-89.76701
Faucette Cemetery	32.67707	-89.76063
Fearns Chapel Cemetery	32.53811	-90.30277
Flora Cemetery	32.5393	-90.31203
Free Union Church Cemetery	32.86207	-89.9198
Galloway Family Cemetery	32.54241	-89.96934
Gilbert - Williams Cemetery	32.59971	-89.8593
Good Hope Baptist Church Cemetery	32.53287	-90.41514
Goodloe Cemetery	32.52379	-90.19475
Grafton Family Cemetery	32.74319	-89.99084
Granbury Cemetery	32.50541	-90.38339
Great Murphy Chapel Cemetery	32.77843	-89.84689
Greater Richmond Grove Cemetery	None	None
Greater Ross Chapel Cemetery	32.51638	-90.09315
Greenwood Cemetery	32.82208	-89.7648
Haley Cemetery	32.46625	-90.04286
Hammack Cemetery	32.52118	-90.28127
Hanging Moss Cemetery	32.63214	-90.20927
Harrell Cemetery	None	None
Harrell-Livingston-Runnels Cemetery	32.55126	-90.21774
Harvey Chapel Cemetery	32.56107	-90.07658
Hatten Cemetery	32.55118	-90.21776
Hayes Cemetery	32.65521	-89.79088
Hebron Cemetery	None	None
Hinter Cemetery	32.56124	-90.41898
Hinton Cemetery	None	None
Holland Family Cemetery	32.47431	-90.22961
Holliday Family Cemetery	32.63663	-89.97729
Hope Well Church Cemetery	32.67122	-90.00284
Horn Private Cemetery	32.53163	-90.12965
Humble Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery	32.69528	-90.07262
Jackson Cemetery	32.55004	-90.24964
Jessamine Cemetery	32.43486	-90.1173
Johnson Family Cemetery	32.52225	-89.98678
Jones Cemetery	32.39964	-90.12403
Kearney Family Cemetery	32.58299	-90.30696
Kearney Town Cemetery	None	None
Kernop Family Cemetery	32.86354	-89.74091
Kirkwood Cemetery	32.85542	-89.73748
Kyle Place Cemetery	32.61247	-89.96707
Leggitt Family Cemetery	32.67881	-90.06924
Lewis Cemetery	32.48891	-90.14043
Liberty Church Cemetery	32.73726	-89.8256

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

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