Madison County, North Carolina

administration
Madison County Courthouse , listed on the NRHP with number 79001732
US state :	North Carolina
Administrative headquarters :	Marshall
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 579 Marshall, NC 28753-0579
Foundation :	1851
Made up from:	Buncombe County Yancey County
Area code :	001 828
Demographics
Residents :	19,635 (2000)
Population density :	16.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1170 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
map

Website : www.main.nc.us/madison

Madison County is a county in the state of North Carolina in the United States . The county seat is Marshall , named after John Marshall , a presiding judge on the Supreme Court of the United States .

geography

The county is located in western North Carolina, borders Tennessee to the north and has an area of 1170 square kilometers, of which 6 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Yancey County , Buncombe County, and Haywood Counties .

Madison County is divided into eleven numbered townships : 1 (North Marshall and South Marshall), 2 (Laurel), 3 (Mars Hill), 4 (Beech Glenn), 5 (Walnut), 6 (Hot Springs), 7 (Ebbs Chapel ), 8 (Spring Creek), 9 (Sandy Mush), 10 (Grapevine) and 11 (Revere Rice Cove).

history

Madison County was formed on January 27, 1851 from parts of Buncombe County and Yancey County. It was named after President James Madison .

A total of 15 buildings and sites in the county are registered on the National Register of Historic Places (as of March 4, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	5908	-
1870	8192	38.7%
1880	12,810	56.4%
1890	17,805	39%
1900	20,644	15.9%
1910	20,132	-2.5%
1920	20,083	-0.2%
1930	20,306	1.1%
1940	22,522	10.9%
1950	20,522	-8.9%
1960	17,217	-16.1%
1970	16.003	-7.1%
1980	16,827	5.1%
1990	16,953	0.7%
2000	19,635	15.8%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

According to the 2000 census , Madison County had 19,635 people. 895 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 8,000 households and 5,592 families. The population density was 17 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.63 percent white, 0.83 percent African American, 0.27 percent Native American, 0.23 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.45 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; about 0.59 percent are descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.35 percent of the population.

Of the 8,000 households, 28.4 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 57.5 percent of these were married couples living together, 8.9 percent were single mothers and 30.1 percent were non-families. 26.3 percent were single households and 11.8 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.81 people.

21.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 10.3 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 26.5 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 26.0 percent between 45 and 64, and 15.9 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For all females there were 97.3 males. For all women aged 18 or over there were 93.3 men.

The median income for a household in the 30,985 US $ and the median income for a family was $ 37,383. Males had a median income of $ 27,950 versus females of $ 22,678. The per capita income was $ 16,076. 15.4 percent of the population and 10.9 percent of families are below the poverty line. These included 17.6 percent of children and adolescents under the age of 18 and 19.2 percent of senior citizens aged 65 and over.

Web links

Commons : Madison County, North Carolina - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
↑ GNIS-ID: 1025834. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 190 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 4, 2018.
↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 20, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 20, 2011
^ Madison County, North Carolina , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

35.86 -82.71Coordinates: 35 ° 52 ′ N , 82 ° 43 ′ W

[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

[2] GNIS-ID: 1025834. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[3] Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 190 .

[4] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 4, 2018.

[5] US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011

[6] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 20, 2011

[7] Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 20, 2011

[8] Madison County, North Carolina , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .