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History

Madison County Courthouse, Madison, Virginia

Madison County was established in December 1792, created from Culpeper County.^[2]The county is named for the Madison family that owned land along the Rapidan River.President James Madison is a descendant of that family.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 322 square miles (830 km²), of which 321 square miles (830 km²) is land and 0 square miles (0 km²) (0.11%) is water.

A significant portion of western Madison County is within Shenandoah National Park, including Old Rag, one of its most popular tourist destinations, and Rapidan Camp, the presidential retreat built by Herbert Hoover.

Adjacent counties

• Page County, Virginia – northwest
• Rappahannock County, Virginia – north
• Culpeper County, Virginia – east
• Orange County, Virginia – southeast
• Greene County, Virginia – southwest

National protected area

• Shenandoah National Park (part)

[edit]Towns

• Madison

Unincorporated communities

• Achash
• Aroda
• Aylor
• Banco
• Beaver Park
• Big Meadows
• Burnt Tree
• Criglersville
• Decapolis
• Duet
• Elly
• Etlan
• Five Forks
• Fletcher
• Fordsville
• Graves Mill
• Haywood
• Hood
• Kinderhook
• Leon
• Locust Dale
• Madison Mills
• Nethers
• Novum
• O’Neal
• Oakpark
• Oldrag
• Pratts
• Radiant
• Repton Mills
• Rochelle
• Ruth
• Shelby
• Shifflet Corner
• Syria
• Tanners
• Tryme
• Twyman’s Mill
• Uno
• Virginia
• Wolfstown
• Zeus

Source: Wikipedia