Madison County (probably 19 With 2 More Indirectly Named For Madison)
This is a list of all of the Counties in the United States named for James Madison, the fourth president of the United States.
- Madison County, Alabama
- Madison County, Arkansas
- Madison County, Florida
- Madison County, Georgia
- Madison County, Idaho
- Madison County, Illinois
- Madison County, Indiana
- Madison County, Iowa
- Madison County, Kentucky
- Madison County, Mississippi
- Madison County, Missouri
- Madison County, New York
- Madison County, North Carolina
- Madison County, Ohio
- Madison County, Tennessee
- Madison County, Texas
- Madison County, Virginia
- Madison Parish, Louisiana
PLUS
- Madison County, Montana is named for the Madison River, which in turn is named for James Madison.
- Madison County, Nebraska is probably named for Madison, Wisconsin, which in turn is named for James Madison, where most of the new county's settlers were from.
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