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.
Read more about this topic: List Of U.S. Counties Named After U.S. Presidents
Famous quotes containing the words madison, county, indirectly and/or named:
“I go by the great republican principle, that the people will have the virtue and intelligence to select men of virtue and wisdom [to the offices of government].”
—James Madison (1751–1836)
“In the County Tyrone, in the town of Dungannon,”
—Unknown. The Old Orange Flute (l. 1)
“The only sure way of avoiding these evils [vanity and boasting] is never to speak of yourself at all. But when, historically, you are obliged to mention yourself, take care not to drop one single word that can directly or indirectly be construed as fishing for applause.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“And then the man whom Sorrow named his friend
Cried out, Dim sea, hear my most piteous story!
The sea swept on and cried her old cry still,
Rolling along in dreams from hill to hill.
He fled the persecution of her glory....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)