Madison County (Georgia)
The Madison County is a county located in the state of Georgia in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Danielsville, named after General Allen Daniel.
Geography
The County is located north-northeast of the geographic center of Georgia, is located in the southeast about 40 miles from South Carolina and has an area of 740 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers of water surfaces. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Hart County, Elbert County, Oglethorpe County, Clarke County, Jackson County, Banks County and Franklin County.
History
Madison County was formed on December 5, 1811 as the 38th county in Georgia from parts of Clarke County, of Elbert County, Franklin County, the Jackson County and Oglethorpe County. It was named after U.S. President James Madison. The image of the county until the 1930s, marked by huge cotton plantations in monoculture. Even today, agriculture in the first place.
Historical buildings
In Colbert, the Colbert Historic District. The area includes 43 buildings and is adjacent to a road between the 4th & 5th Street and 4th & 8th Avenue. The district was recorded as a historic monument with the number 84001154 on May 31, 1984 of the National Register of Historic Places.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census of 2000, there were 25,730 people in Madison County. Of these, 158 people were living in collective centers, the other residents living in 9,800 households and 7,330 families. The population density was 35 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 89.01 percent White, 8.46 percent African American, 0.19 percent Native American, 0.28 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 1.03 percent from other races groups; 0.99 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.97 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 9,800 households out of which 34.6 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 60.6 percent were married couples living together, 10.6 percent were single mothers and 25.2 percent were non-families. 21.5 percent of all households and 8.0 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.04 persons.
26.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.2 percent between 18 to 24, 30.6 percent between 25 and 44, 23.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 11.0 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 96.6 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.7 males.
The median income for a household was $ 36,347, and the median income for a family $ 42,189. Males have a median income of $ 31,324, women $ 22,426. The per capita income was $ 16,998. 9.2 percent of families and 11.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Madison County
- Alvin
- Bond
- Carlton
- Colbert
- Como
- Danielsville
- Diamond Hill
- Fort Lamar
- Gholston Stand Crossroads
- Harrison
- Hix
- Hull
- Ila
- Neese
- Paoli
- Patterson
- Planter
- Pocataligo
- Rogers
- Horse
- Sanford
- Shiloh