Madison (Mississippi)
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Coordinates | 32 ° 27 '40 " N , 90 ° 6' 50" W | |
Basic data | ||
Country | United States | |
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 | |
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mayor | Mary Hawkins Butler |
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.
Town twinning
- Solleftea , Sweden
sons and daughters of the town
- Tate Ellington (born 1979), actor
- Chris Spencer (born 1982), football player
Web links
- The city's website ( English )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Madison, Mississippi , on city-data.com (English). Retrieved June 13, 2017.
- ↑ NWS Jackson, MS - Nov. 24, 2001 Tornado Outbreak Madison County MS , on weather.gov (English). Retrieved June 13, 2017.
- ↑ Tornadoes kill at least 6 in southern US , on cnn.com, November 24, 2001. Retrieved June 13, 2017.