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Madison County, New York

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83historic places

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1806formed

68,016pop. 2020

106cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 83 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Cazenovia, Canastota, Oneida.

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

54 of 83 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

83 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Abell Farmhouse and Barn	Cazenovia	Building	1987
Albany Street Historic District	Cazenovia	District	1978
Annas Farmhouse	Cazenovia	Building	1988
Beckwith Farmhouse	Cazenovia	Building	1987
Brick House	Cazenovia	Building	1988
Brown's Hall	Georgetown	Building	2006
Canal Town Museum	Canastota	Building	1986
Canastota Methodist Church	Canastota	Building	1986
Canastota Public Library	Canastota	Building	1986
Cazenovia Village Historic District	Cazenovia	District	1986
Cedar Cove	Cazenovia	District	1991
Chappell Farmhouse	Cazenovia	Building	1987
Chenango Canal Summit Level	Bouckville	District	2005
Chittenango Landing Dry Dock Complex	Sullivan	District	1992
Chittenango Pottery	Chittenango	Building	2009
Cobblestone House	Cazenovia	Building	1987
Comstock, Zephnia, Farmhouse	Cazenovia	Building	1987
Coolidge Stores Building	Bouckville	Building	2001
Cottage Lawn	Oneida	Building	1980
Crandall Farm Complex	Cazenovia	Building	1987
DeFerriere House	Oneida	Building	2007
Evergreen Acres	Cazenovia	Building	1987
Fenner Baptist Church	Fenner	Building	2002
First National Bank of Morrisville	Morrisville	Building	1985
Hamilton Village Historic District	Hamilton	District	1984
Hillcrest	Cazenovia	District	1991
House at 107 Stroud Street	Canastota	Building	1986
House at 115 South Main Street	Canastota	Building	1986
House at 205 North Main Street	Canastota	Building	1986
House at 233 James Street	Canastota	Building	1986
House at 313 North Main Street	Canastota	Building	1986
House at 326 North Peterboro Street	Canastota	Building	1986
House at 328 North Peterboro Street	Canastota	Building	1986
Lehigh Valley Railroad Depot	Cazenovia	Building	1991
Lenox District No. 4 Schoolhouse	Clockville	Building	1996
Lorenzo	Cazenovia	Building	1971
Main-Broad-Grove Streets Historic District	Oneida	District	1983
Maples, The	Cazenovia	Building	1987
Meadows Farm Complex	Cazenovia	Building	1987
Middle Farmhouse	Cazenovia	Building	1987
Morrisville Engine House	Morrisville	Building	2020
Morrisville Public Library	Morrisville	Building	2005
Mount Hope Reservoir	Oneida	Site	1997
Nelson Methodist Episcopal Church	Cazenovia	Building	2017
Nelson Welsh Congregational Church	Nelson	Building	1993
Niles Farmhouse	Cazenovia	Building	1987
Notleymere	Cazenovia	Building	1991
Old Biology Hall	Hamilton	Building	1973
Old Madison County Courthouse	Morrisville	Building	1978
Old Trees	Cazenovia	District	1991
Oneida Armory	Oneida	Building	1995
Oneida Community Limited Administration Building	Oneida	Building	2020
Oneida Community Mansion House NHL	Oneida	Building	1966
Oneida Downtown Commercial Historic District	Oneida	District	2018
Oneida Lake Congregational Church	Oneida Lake	Building	2006
Ormonde	Cazenovia	Building	1991
Parker Farmhouse	Cazenovia	Building	1987
Peterboro Land Office	Peterboro	Building	1984
Peterboro Street Elementary School	Canastota	Building	1986
Riester, Dorothy, House and Studio	Cazenovia	Building	2014
Rippleton Schoolhouse	Cazenovia	Building	1998
Roberts, Judge Nathan S., House	Canastota	Building	1986
Rolling Ridge Farm	Cazenovia	Building	1987
Roswell Beckwith, Sr. House	Cazenovia	Building	2025
Seventh Day Baptist Church	DeRuyter	Building	2005
Shattuck House	Cazenovia	Building	1991
Smith, Adon, House	Hamilton	Building	1974
Smith, Gerrit, Estate NHL	Peterboro	District	1997
Smithfield Presbyterian Church	Peterboro	Building	1994
South Peterboro Street Commercial Historic District	Canastota	District	1986
South Peterboro Street Residential Historic District	Canastota	District	1986
St. Paul's Church	Chittenango	Building	1996
Sweetland Farmhouse	Cazenovia	Building	1987
Tall Pines	Cazenovia	Building	1987
The Hickories	Cazenovia	Building	1991
US Post Office-Canastota	Canastota	Building	1988
US Post Office-Hamilton	Hamilton	Building	1989
US Post Office-Oneida	Oneida	Building	1989
United Church of Canastota	Canastota	Building	1986
Upenough	Cazenovia	District	1991
Wampsville Presbyterian Church	Wampsville	Building	2018
Wheeler House Complex	Leonardsville	Building	1983
York Lodge	Cazenovia	District	1991

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 1806 (1806-03-21) from Chenango.

MADISON created from CHENANGO.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1810	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
25,144	32,208	40,008	43,545	44,112	40,545	39,535	39,598	46,214	54,635	65,150	69,441	68,016

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

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Fort Stanwix National Monument	National Monument	37.4 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

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

Cemeteries — 80 of 106 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Allard Cemetery	42.79966	-75.77374
Allis Cemetery	43.08569	-75.79902
Anguish Family Cemetery	43.05194	-75.9025
Atwell Cemetery	42.92443	-75.89028
Ballou Cemetery	42.98406	-75.78733
Bethel Cemetery	42.95243	-75.90774
Bliss Cemetery	42.90444	-75.69694
Brookfield Rural Cemetery	42.81056	-75.32056
Burdick Cemetery	42.79927	-75.87903
Chittenango Falls Cemetery	42.97719	-75.83655
Clarke Cemetery	42.8434	-75.25322
Clockville Cemetery	43.04383	-75.7412
Cole Hill Cemetery	42.8457	-75.43546
Colgate Cemetery	42.81376	-75.53722
Cranson Cemetery	43.02066	-75.76904
Crumb Cemetery	42.83313	-75.25766
Crumb Hill Cemetery	42.74256	-75.82158
Cummings Cemetery	42.94812	-75.56471
Davis Corners Cemetery	42.934	-75.6437
Deyo Cemetery	43.15778	-75.97056
Earlville Cemetery	42.74207	-75.54457
Eaton Village Cemetery	42.8517	-75.60394
Eisaman Corners Cemetery	42.99854	-75.67396
Erieville Cemetery	42.85518	-75.75663
Evergreen Cemetery	42.93228	-75.84019
Fairview Cemetery	42.92145	-75.57851
Faulkner Cemetery	42.83365	-75.41452
Fenner Cemetery	42.9686	-75.80922
Fyler Cemetery	43.095	-75.91389
Gates Cemetery	43.02779	-75.90254
Giles Cemetery	42.769	-75.35582
Glenwood Cemetery	43.06742	-75.64152
Gorton Cemetery	42.85757	-75.34628
Graham Cemetery	42.81567	-75.44952
Haight Cemetery	42.96078	-75.82636
Hamilton Center Cemetery	42.79039	-75.49364
Harrington Cemetery	43.04444	-75.86917
Hawks Cemetery	42.79093	-75.71177
Hillcrest Cemetery	42.75355	-75.88784
Hillcrest Spring Cemetery	42.92415	-75.61802
Hillside Cemetery	42.77051	-75.72932
Hoxie Cemetery	42.82146	-75.24989
Indian Opening Cemetery	42.90532	-75.5186
Lamb Cemetery	42.77617	-75.35476
Lebanon Valley Cemetery	42.78356	-75.64818
Lenox Rural Cemetery	43.06423	-75.76658
Leonardsville Cemetery	42.80556	-75.25194
Lyons Cemetery	42.88591	-75.80444
Lyons Cemetery	42.9374	-75.7716
Madison Street Cemetery	42.83393	-75.54645
Madison Village Cemetery	42.89805	-75.51056
Merchant Smith Cemetery	42.79653	-75.89419
Morrisville Rural Cemetery	42.90179	-75.64995
Mott Cemetery	42.79285	-75.25711
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	43.06317	-75.75458
Munger Cemetery	42.98445	-75.78742
Munnsville Village Cemetery	42.97875	-75.59252
Needham Cemetery	42.94666	-75.79699
Nelson Cemetery	42.91032	-75.79767
New Woodstock Baptist Church Cemetery	42.84888	-75.85917
Niles Cemetery	42.76717	-75.68763
North Brookfield Cemetery	42.85514	-75.40498
Oakwood Cemetery	43.04729	-75.87269
Old Meeting House Hill Cemetery	42.8804	-75.50088
Oneida Community Cemetery	43.06155	-75.6111
Oneida Lake Cemetery	43.15713	-75.79912
Perryville Cemetery	43.0045	-75.80025
Peterboro Cemetery	42.97104	-75.67685
Peterboro Village Cemetery	42.97027	-75.68972
Pine Plains Cemetery	43.11007	-75.96131
Pine Woods Cemetery	42.87747	-75.56988
Poolville Rural Cemetery	42.76846	-75.50492
Quaker Hill Cemetery	42.79139	-75.38778
Roberts Cemetery	42.99839	-75.73368
Saint Agatha Cemetery	43.06171	-75.7489
Saint Agnes Cemetery	43.04229	-75.87908
Saint James Cemetery	42.94499	-75.84611
Saint Joseph Cemetery	42.83645	-75.55073
Saint Josephs Cemetery	42.92135	-75.47626
Saint Patricks Cemetery	43.07162	-75.6472

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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