Madison

Madison County is located in the U.S. state of . It is a part of the in . According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 264,776, making it the eighth-most populous county in Illinois and the most populous in the portion of the state.
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  • Type: County with 269,000 residents
  • Description: county in Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: Madison County”, “Madison County, IL”, and “Madison County, Illinois
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Benjamin Stephenson House.

Museum
The is a Federal style home built in 1820 in the city of , . The house was constructed for prominent Edwardsville citizen and Illinois politician Benjamin Stephenson.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Edwardsville.

Photo: Illinois2011, Public domain.
is a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. The population was 26,808 as of the 2020 census. The city was named in honor of Ninian Edwards, former governor of the Illinois Territory.

Madison

Latitude
38.8111° or 38° 48′ 40″ north
Longitude
-89.9017° or 89° 54′ 6″ west
Population
269,000
Elevation
489 feet (149 metres)
Open location code
86CGR36X+C8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316952544
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4243743
Wiki­data ID
Q486448
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Madison” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Madison County
  • Arabic: مقاطعة ماديسون
  • Arabic: مقاطعه ماديسون، إلينوي
  • Armenian: Մեդիսոն շրջան
  • Asturian: condáu de Madison
  • Basque: Madison konderria
  • Bavarian: Madison County, Illinois
  • Bavarian: Madison County
  • Belarusian: Мэдзісан
  • Bishnupriya: মেডিশন কাউন্টি, ইলিনয়স
  • Bishnupriya: মেডিশন কাউন্টি
  • Bulgarian: Мадисън
  • Catalan: comtat de Madison
  • Cebuano: Madison County
  • Chechen: Мадисон (гуо, Иллинойс)
  • Chechen: Мадисон
  • Chinese: Madison Kūn
  • Chinese: 麥迪遜縣
  • Chinese: 麥迪遜郡
  • Chinese: 麦迪逊县
  • Dutch: Madison County
  • Esperanto: kantono Madison
  • Esperanto: Kantono Madison
  • Esperanto: Madison County
  • Estonian: Madisoni maakond
  • Finnish: Madisonin piirikunta
  • French: comté de Madison
  • French: Comté de Madison
  • French: Madison County
  • Georgian: მედისონის ოლქი
  • German: Madison County
  • Gilaki: مدیسون ٚ شأرستان (ايلينؤی)
  • Gilaki: مدیسون ٚ شأرستان
  • Greek: κομητεία Μάντισον
  • Greek: Κομητεία Μάντισον
  • Hebrew: מחוז מדיסון
  • Hungarian: Madison megye
  • Irish: Contae Madison
  • Italian: contea di Madison
  • Italian: Contea di Madison
  • Italian: Madison County
  • Japanese: マディスン郡
  • Japanese: マディソン郡
  • Korean: 매디슨군
  • Latin: Madison Comitatus
  • Low German: Madison County
  • Mazanderani: مدیسون شهرستان (ایلینوی)
  • Mazanderani: مدیسون شهرستان
  • Min Dong Chinese: Madison Gông
  • Min Nan Chinese: Madison Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Madison County i Illinois
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Madison County
  • Norwegian: Madison County
  • Persian: شهرستان مدیسن، ایلینوی
  • Persian: شهرستان مدیسن
  • Persian: شهرستان مدیسون
  • Polish: Hrabstwo Madison
  • Portuguese: condado de Madison
  • Portuguese: Condado de Madison
  • Portuguese: Madison County
  • Romanian: Comitatul Madison, Illinois
  • Romanian: Comitatul Madison
  • Russian: Мадисон
  • Russian: Мэдисон
  • Sardinian: contea de Madison
  • Scottish Gaelic: Madison County
  • Serbian: Округ Медисон
  • Serbo-Croatian: Madison County, Illinois
  • Serbo-Croatian: Madison County
  • Spanish: condado de Madison
  • Spanish: Condado de Madison
  • Spanish: Madison County
  • Swedish: Madison County, Illinois
  • Swedish: Madison County
  • Tatar: Мадисон (округ, Иллинойс)
  • Tatar: Мадисон
  • Turkish: Madison County, IL
  • Turkish: Madison County, Ill.
  • Turkish: Madison County, Illinois
  • Turkish: Madison County
  • Turkish: Madison ilçesi, IL
  • Turkish: Madison ilçesi, Ill.
  • Turkish: Madison ilçesi, Illinois
  • Turkish: Madison ilçesi
  • Ukrainian: Медісон
  • Urdu: میڈیسن کاؤنٹی، الینوائے
  • Urdu: میڈیسن کاؤنٹی
  • Venetian: contea de Madison
  • Vietnamese: Quận Madison
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Madison, Illinois
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Madison
  • Welsh: Madison County, Illinois
  • Welsh: Madison County
  • Western Panjabi: میڈیسن کاؤنٹی، الینوۓ
  • Western Panjabi: میڈیسن کاؤنٹی

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Notable Places Nearby

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