Madison (Mississippi)

Madison
	Madison
	Madison
Coordinates	32 ° 27 '40 " N , 90 ° 6' 50" W Coordinates: 32 ° 27 '40 " N , 90 ° 6' 50" W.
Basic data
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
ISO 3166-2	US MS
height	105 m
surface	35.5 km²
Residents	24,841 ( 2010 )
density	699.7 Ew. / km²
Website	www.madisonthecity.com
politics
mayor	Mary Hawkins Butler

Location in the state of Mississippi

Madison is a place in Madison County in the US state Mississippi , about 20 kilometers north of the capital Jackson . Madison is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area . At the 2010 census , the city had 24,841 inhabitants, in 2000 it was around 14,600, which corresponds to a population increase of over 70%.

Bruce Campbell Field Airport is located in the southeast of the city . There are also various schools in Madison, including the Madison Central High School and the Madison-Ridgeland Public School , and churches, including the Episcopal Chapel of the Cross , the Simmons Arboretum and a city park with a playground, Strawberry Patch Park .

Mary Hawkins Butler has been mayor of the city since 1981 .

As a result of a tornado on the night of November 23rd to 24th, 2001, there was severe devastation in Madison, which reached level F4 on the Fujita scale . At least 18 people in Madison County were injured.