Editing Madison, Georgia

{{Distinguish|Madison County, Georgia}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2017}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Madison, Georgia
| settlement_type    = [[City]]
| official_name      = City of Madison
| image_skyline      = Morgan County Courthouse - panoramio.jpg
| image_caption      = Morgan County Courthouse in Madison
| image_flag         = Flag of Madison, Georgia.svg
| image_map          = Morgan_County_Georgia_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Madison_Highlighted.svg
| map_caption        = Location in [[Morgan County, Georgia|Morgan County]] and the state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
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| pushpin_relief     = yes
| pushpin_label      = Madison
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the [[Contiguous United States|contiguous United States of America]]
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| subdivision_name   = {{flag|United States}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = {{flagdeco|Georgia (U.S. state)}} [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Georgia|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Morgan County, Georgia|Morgan]]
| named_for          = [[James Madison]]
| established_title  = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date   = {{Start date and age|1809|12|12}}
| government_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=2017|title=Mayor & Council|website=Madison, GA|url=http://madisonga.com/index.aspx?nid=141|access-date=May 16, 2017|via=[[CivicPlus ]]}}</ref>
| government_type    = [[Mayor–council government|Mayor–Council]]
| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = Fred Perriman
| leader_title1      = [[City council|Council]]
| leader_name1       = {{collapsible list|bullets=yes
| title = Members
| 1 = Carrie Peters-Reid
| 2 = Eric Joyce
| 3 = Ed Latham
| 4 = Rick Blanton – Mayor Pro-Tem
| 5 = Betsy Wagenhauser
}}
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022">{{cite web |title=2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Georgia |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2022_Gazetteer/2022_gaz_place_13.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 30, 2023}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 22.94
| area_land_km2      = 22.75
| area_water_km2     = 0.19
| area_total_sq_mi   = 8.86
| area_land_sq_mi    = 8.78
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.07
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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| population_total   = 4447
| pop_est_as_of      = 
| pop_est_footnotes  = 
| population_est     = 
| population_density_km2 = 195.48
| population_density_sq_mi = 506.26
| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = EDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -4
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| elevation_m        = 207
| elevation_ft       = 679
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 30650
| area_code_type     = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code(s)]]
| area_code          = [[Area code 706|706]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 13-49196<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 0332303<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref>
| blank2_name        = Major airport
| blank2_info        = [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|ATL]]
| website            = {{URL|madisonga.com}}
}}

'''Madison''' is a city in [[Morgan County, Georgia|Morgan County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. It is part of the [[Atlanta metropolitan area|Atlanta-Athens-Clarke-Sandy Springs combined statistical area]]. The population was 4,447 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref name="Census 2020"/> up from 3,979 in [[2010 United States census|2010]]. The city is the [[county seat]] of [[Morgan County, Georgia|Morgan County]] and the site of the [[Morgan County Courthouse (Georgia)|Morgan County Courthouse]].

The [[Madison Historic District (Madison, Georgia)|Madison Historic District]] is one of the largest in the state.<ref name=TheHistoricalNews /> Many of the nearly 100 antebellum homes have been carefully restored. [[Bonar Hall]] is one of the first of the grand-style [[Federal architecture|Federal]] homes built in Madison during the town's cotton-boom heyday from 1840 to 1860.

''Budget Travel'' magazine voted Madison as one of the world's 16 most picturesque villages.<ref name="budgettravel">{{cite web|url=http://www.budgettravel.com/feature/worlds-most-beautiful-towns,8359/?page=3|title=World's 16 Most Picturesque Villages|website=Budget Travel|access-date=March 18, 2018}}</ref>

Madison is featured on Georgia's Antebellum Trail, and is designated as one of the state's Historic Heartland cities.

== History ==
{{More citations needed section|date=February 2024}}

=== Early 19th century ===
On December 12, 1809, the town, [[Namesake|named for]] [[List of Presidents of the United States|4th]] [[President of the United States|United States president]], [[James Madison]], was [[Municipal corporation|incorporated]].<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=n.d. |title=Madison |website=GeorgiaGov |url=https://georgia.gov/cities-counties/madison |access-date=March 21, 2017}}</ref> Madison was described in an early 19th-century issue of ''White's Statistics of Georgia'' as "the most cultured and aristocratic town on the stagecoach route from [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] to [[New Orleans]]."<ref name=TheHistoricalNews>{{cite journal |journal=The Historical News |date=June 2001 |volume=21 |issue=43 |pages=7–8 |title=The Historical News |url=http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/morgan1/madison.htm}}</ref> An 1849 edition of ''White's Statistics'' stated, "In point of intelligence, refinement, and hospitality, this town acknowledges no superior."{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}

[[File:CarterHousephoto.JPG|thumb|left|[[Madison Historic District (Madison, Georgia)|Historic District of Madison]], 2010]]
While many believe that [[William Tecumseh Sherman]] spared the town because it was too beautiful to burn during his [[Sherman's March to the Sea|March to the Sea]], the truth is that Madison was home to pro-Union Congressman (later Senator) [[Joshua Hill (politician)|Joshua Hill]]. Hill had ties with General Sherman's brother in the House of Representatives, so his sparing the town was more political than appreciation of its beauty.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Melton |first1=Brian |date=2002 |title='The Town that Sherman Wouldn't Burn': Sherman's March and Madison, Georgia, in History, Memory, and Legend |url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=7390919&site=eds-live&scope=site |journal=Georgia Historical Quarterly |volume=86 |issue=2 |page=201 |url-access=subscription |access-date=February 19, 2018 |via=EBSCOhost}}</ref>

=== Jim Crow era ===
In 1895 Madison was reported to have an oil mill with a capital of $35,000, a soap factory, a fertilizer factory, four steam ginneries, a mammoth compress, two carriage factories, a furniture factory, a grist and flouringmill, a bottling works, a distillery with a capacity of 120 gallons a day, an ice factory with a capital of $10,500, a canning factory with a capital of $10,000, a bank with a capital of $75,000, surplus $12,000, and a number of small industries operated by individual enterprise.<ref name=afruitparadiseis00cott>{{cite book |author=Cotton States Publishing and Advertising Company |title=A Fruit Paradise |url=https://archive.org/details/afruitparadiseis00cott |date=1895 |others=Issued for Madison and Morgan Counties, Georgia |publisher=The Foote & Davies Co. |location=Atlanta, Ga. |lccn=tmp92003490 |ol=22843961M |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> One of the carriage factories was owned and operated by prominent African-American businessman and entrepreneur H. R. Goldwire.{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}

Against the backdrop of this [[Jim Crow laws|Jim Crow-era]] prosperity, white Madisonians participated in at least three documented [[lynching]]s of African Americans. In February 1890, after a rushed trial involving knife-wielding [[jurors]], Brown Washington, a 15-year-old,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/athnewspapers/id:abw1890-0071|title=Athens Weekly Banner|website=dlg.galileo.usg.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-05-17}}</ref> was found guilty of the murder of a 9-year-old local white girl. After the verdict, though the sheriff with the governor's approval called up the Madison Home Guard to protect Washington, "only three militiamen and none of the officers" responded to the order. Washington was thus easily taken from jail by a posse of ten men organized by a "leading local businessman".<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Brundage |first=W. Fitzhugh |url=https://archive.org/details/lynchinginnewsou0000brun |title=Lynching in the New South: Georgia and Virginia, 1880-1930 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |year=1993 |isbn=9780252063459 |url-access=registration}}</ref> Described as "among the best citizens", they promptly handed him over to a mob of over 300 people waiting outside the courthouse. From there, he was taken to a telegraph pole behind a local residence, allowed a prayer, then strung up and shot, his body mutilated by more than 100 bullets. Afterwards, in the patriarchal exhibition-style common of southern lynchings, a sign was posted on the telegraph pole: "Our women and children will be protected."<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":0" /> His body was not taken down until noon the next day.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|title=He Deserved His Fate: The Brave Men of Morgan Have Done Justice|date=March 1, 1890|work=The Atlanta Constitution}}</ref>

According to Brundage's account of the lynching of Brown Washington in ''Lynching in the New South: Georgia and Virginia, 1880-1930'':

{{blockquote|The open participation of men 'of all ages and standing in life,' the carefully organized public meeting that planned the mob's course of action, the obvious complicity of the militia, and the ritualized execution of Washington all highlight the degree to which the lynching was sanctioned by the community at large. Shared attitudes toward women, sexuality, and black criminality, combined with local bonds of community and family, focused the fears and rage of whites on Washington and guaranteed mass involvement in his execution.<ref name=":0" />}}

In the aftermath, though local and state authorities vowed to thoroughly investigate the lynching as well as the Madison Home Guard's dereliction of duty, just a week later a [[grand jury]] was advised by a judge of the superior court of Madison that any investigation would be a waste of time. In addition, the state body charged with investigating the home guard's non-response reported that their absence had been satisfactorily explained and no tribunal would be convened to investigate the matter."<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|title=There Will Be No Investigation: The Lynching of a Morgan County Negro Passes Out of Notice|date=March 7, 1890|work=The Atlanta Constitution}}</ref>

Although the local Madisonian newspaper failed to report on the 1890 extra-judicial murder of Mr. Washington, an even earlier first lynching by Madisonians of a man they similarly pulled out of the old stone county jail appears in the contemporary accounts from the ''[[Atlanta Constitution]]''.<ref name=":2" />

In 1919, ten years after the erection of a [[List of Confederate monuments and memorials in Georgia|Confederate memorial]] one block from the newly built Morgan County courthouse, another lynching occurred in the dark of night a few days before [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]]. This time, citizens skipped the show-trials altogether, opting to travel to the home of Mr. Wallace Baynes in what one paper of the day called an "arresting party", though no charges against Mr. Baynes were stipulated in the news account.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|title=Two Men Slain Near Broughton|date=November 21, 1919|work=The Madisonian}}</ref> Baynes shot at the party, striking Mr. Frank F. Ozburn of Madison in the head, killing him instantly. In response, the mob outside his home grew to 40-50 men. Despite the arrival of Madison Sheriff C.S. Baldwin, Mr. Baynes was pulled from his home by a rope and shot near the Little River. Afterwards, the sheriff present at the lynching said he could not identify any of the men who came for Mr. Baynes, despite the fact that they arrived in cars and lit up Mr. Baynes' home with the headlights of their vehicles.<ref name=":4" /> In an editorial that argued that mobs in the [[Southern United States|South]] were no worse than mobs in the [[Northern United States|North]] yet condemned future lynchings, the local Madisonian claimed: "There is not now and perhaps will never be, any friction between the races here."<ref>{{Cite news|title=Lynchings in Georgia|date=December 1919|work=The Madisonian}}</ref>

The Confederate monument erected in 1909 by the Morgan County Daughters of the Confederacy one block from the courthouse where Mr. Baynes was not afforded a trial was inscribed in part: "NO NATION ROSE/SO WHITE AND FAIR, NONE FELL SO PURE OF CRIME."<ref>{{Cite news|title=An Appeal to the Women of Morgan County|date=May 19, 1905|work=The Madisonian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9E9K_Morgan_County_Confederate_Monument_Madison_GA|title=Morgan County, Georgia Confederate Monument|website=waymarking.com}}</ref> In the 1950s, the monument was moved to Hill Park, a Madison city property donated by Bell Hill Knight, daughter of Joshua Hill, the aforementioned pro-Union senator who before the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] resigned his position rather than support secession. Mrs. Knight, whose husband Captain Gazaway Knight was Commander of the Panola Guards, a Confederate brigade that was organized in Madison, was a staunch member of the Morgan County Daughters of the Confederacy.{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}

=== Present day ===
Madison has one of the largest historic districts in the state of Georgia, with visitors coming to see the [[antebellum architecture]] of the homes. [[Allie Carroll Hart]] was instrumental in establishing Madison's historical prestige.<ref name="ajc-obit-2003">{{cite news |last1=Henry |first1=Derrick |title=Carroll Hart, helped to save Georgia's past |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=July 26, 2003 |page=E4}}</ref>

According to the Madison Historic Preservation Commission, "The Madison Historic District is listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]] and is Madison's foremost tourist attraction. Preservation of the district and of each property within its boundary provides for the protection of Madison's unique historic character and quality environment. Madison's preservation efforts reflect a nationwide movement to preserve a 'sense of place' amid generic modern development." The Historic Preservation Commission, appointed by Mayor and Council, is charged with protecting the historic character of the district through review of proposed exterior changes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://madisonga.com/DocumentCenter/Home/View/215|title=Local Designation and Design Review Brochure}}</ref>

== Geography ==
Madison is located in central Morgan County at {{coord|33|35|17|N|83|28|21|W|type:city}} (33.588038, -83.472368).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|8.9|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|0.07|sqmi|2}}, or 0.82%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/>

Madison is situated at an elevation of {{convert|691|ft}} on a ridge which traverses Morgan County from the northeast to the southwest.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=33.59634,-83.46622&z=15&t=U&marker0=33.59600%2C-83.46800%2CMadison%20GA| title=U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Map Series: Madison, GA| website=ACME Mapper 2.2| access-date=January 30, 2023}}</ref> In Madison, the south side of the ridge drains to tributaries of Sugar Creek, which flows southeast to the [[Oconee River]], while the north side drains via Mill Branch to Hard Labor Creek, an east-flowing tributary of the [[Apalachee River (Georgia)|Apalachee River]], which continues to the Oconee. The southwest part of the city drains to Little Indian Creek, a tributary of the [[Little River (Oconee River tributary)|Little River]], which flows to the Oconee north of [[Milledgeville, Georgia|Milledgeville]].

[[Interstate 20 in Georgia|Interstate 20]], [[U.S. Route 129 in Georgia|U.S. Route 129]], [[U.S. Route 441 in Georgia|U.S. Route 441]], and [[U.S. Route 278 in Georgia|U.S. Route 278]] pass through Madison. I-20 serves the city from exits 113 and 114, leading east {{convert|90|mi}} to [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]] and west {{convert|57|mi}} to [[Atlanta]]. U.S. 278 runs through the center of the city, leading east {{convert|19|mi}} to [[Greensboro, Georgia|Greensboro]] and west {{convert|24|mi}} to [[Covington, Georgia|Covington]]. U.S. 129/441 run through the city together, leading north {{convert|29|mi}} to [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]] and south {{convert|22|mi}} to [[Eatonton, Georgia|Eatonton]].

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|1880= 1974
|1890= 2131
|1900= 1992
|1910= 2412
|1920= 2348
|1930= 1966
|1940= 2045
|1950= 2489
|1960= 2680
|1970= 2890
|1980= 2954
|1990= 3483
|2000= 3636
|2010= 3979
|2020= 4447
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Madison racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1349196&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-09|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]
|2,215
|49.81%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]]
|1,919
|43.15%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|9
|0.2%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|33
|0.74%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|133
|2.99%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|138
|3.1%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 4,447 people, 1,625 households, and 1,121 families residing in the city.

== Culture and parks ==
Madison is home to a handful of art galleries and museums. The [[Madison-Morgan Cultural Center]] (MMCC) provides a regional focus for performing and visual arts, plus permanent exhibits including a historical exhibit of Georgia's [[Piedmont (United States)|Piedmont]] region. The center occupies an elegantly restored 1895 [[Romanesque Revival]] building and is located in the heart of Madison's nationally registered historic district. Athens band [[R.E.M.]] recorded an ''[[MTV Unplugged]]'' session at the center in 1991, where they played "[[Losing My Religion]]" with the [[Atlanta Symphony Orchestra]].<ref name="remhq">{{cite web |url=http://www.remhq.com/news/watch-losing-my-religion-live-from-mtvs-10th-anniversary-celebration-3/ |title=Watch "Losing My Religion" Live From MTV's 10th Anniversary Celebration &#124; R.E.M.HQ |website=remhq.com |date=November 14, 2014 |access-date=March 18, 2018}}. Because of the [[Viacom International Inc. v. YouTube, Inc.|legal dispute between Viacom and YouTube]], only a Japanese version of the performance is available on YouTube.</ref>

The Morgan County African American Museum is located in Madison.

Heritage Hall is maintained by the Morgan County Historical Society and has been restored for its architectural and historical significance. The original portion of Heritage Hall was built in 1811, and it received its [[Greek Revival]] façade around 1830. The house was a private residence until 1977.

The Madison Artists' Guild has more than 150 members and is a nonprofit organization dedicated to education and the encouragement of artistic endeavors in its members and the community through planned programs and regular gatherings.

There are five parks in the city limits. Wellington, Gilbert, Lambert, and Hill Park are designated for active play, whereas Town Park is designed for events and public gatherings.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.madisonga.com/documentcenter/view/172 |title=Madison City Parks}}</ref>

== Crime ==
According to a 2017 crime report produced by the city's planning and development director, property crime rates in Madison are double and triple of nearby [[Social Circle, Georgia|Social Circle]] and [[Watkinsville, Georgia|Watkinsville]], respectively. Violent crime remained steady at a rate of 10 incidents out of a population of 4,034, a rate comparable with Social Circle and Watkinsville. In addition, property crime had decreased in 2016 to a six-year low.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.madisonga.com/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/4044 |title=2017 Crime Report |last=Callahan |first=Monica H. |date=October 9, 2017}}</ref> The online analytical platform Niche rates Madison's crime a "C" based on violent and property crime rates.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.niche.com/places-to-live/madison-morgan-ga/ |title=Madison, Georgia |date=May 16, 2018 |access-date=May 16, 2018}}</ref>

== Education ==
The [[Morgan County School District]] is a [[charter school]] system that covers pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of a primary school, an elementary school, a middle school, and a high school.<ref>[http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ReportingFW.aspx?PageReq=111&PID=62&PTID=69&CountyId=704&T=0&FY=2009 Georgia Board of Education]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Retrieved June 24, 2010.</ref> 
In 2023 the district has 230 full-time teachers and over 3,200 students.<ref name="publicschoolreview.com">[https://www.publicschoolreview.com/georgia/morgan-county-school-district/1303780-school-district] as at April 2023</ref> The High School graduation rate is 92%, which is greater than the Georgia average of 85%.<ref name="publicschoolreview.com"/> Overall rankings for the Morgan County School District versus other school districts in Georgia include:

*Highest overall rank (Top 20%)
*Highest math proficiency (Top 10%)
*Highest reading/language arts proficiency (Top 20%)

More detailed statistics for individual schools include:

*'''Morgan County Elementary School''' Students have an average math proficiency score of 50% (versus the Georgia public elementary school average of 37%), and reading proficiency score of 46% (versus the 40% statewide average).<ref name="publicschoolreview.com"/>
*'''Morgan County Middle School''' Students have an average math proficiency score of 44% (versus the Georgia public middle school average of 33%), and reading proficiency score of 49% (versus the 41% statewide average).<ref name="publicschoolreview.com"/>
*'''Morgan County High School''' 39% students are proficient in math (versus the Georgia public high school average of 24%), and reading proficiency matches the 32% statewide average.<ref name="publicschoolreview.com"/>

== In popular culture ==
*Parts of the 2017 film [[American Made (film)|''American Made'']] starring [[Tom Cruise]] were shot in the Morgan County Courthouse.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://morgancountycitizen.com/2017/10/20/courthouse-hits-the-big-screen-in-american-made/ | title=Courthouse hits the big screen in "American Made" | date=October 20, 2017 }}</ref>
*Parts of the opening credits scene from the 1992 film ''[[My Cousin Vinny]]'' were filmed in Madison.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.chriscredendino.com/2012/09/18/my-cousin-vinny-then-and-now-20th-anniversary/28/ | title=My Cousin Vinny: Then and Now 20th Anniversary &#124; CHRIS CREDENDINO - Part 28 | date=September 18, 2012 }}</ref>
*Significant parts of the 2015 film ''[[Goosebumps (film)|Goosebumps]]'', starring [[Jack Black]], were filmed in Madison and at the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center.<ref name="AJC">{{cite web |title=Historic Madison Magnet for Movies |url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/buzz/historic-madison-magnet-for-movies |website=AJC |access-date=18 April 2023}}</ref>
*In [[Harry Turtledove]]'s final ''[[Southern Victory]]'' novel Volume 11: ''[[Settling Accounts: In at the Death|In at the Death]]'', Madison was the site of an important climax to the long-running series.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}
*''[[I'll Fly Away (TV series)|I'll Fly Away]]'' (1991–93), an [[NBC]] television series starring [[Sam Waterston]] as a southern lawyer at the dawn of the [[civil rights movement]], was shot largely in Madison.
*The historic mansion [[Bonar Hall]] served as President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s hospital in [[HBO]]'s 2005 film ''[[Warm Springs (film)|Warm Springs]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://visitmadisonga.com/film-tour-movie-locations/ | title=Film Tour: Movie Locations in Madison GA - Official Site | date=July 5, 2021 }}</ref>
*The 2000 film ''[[Road Trip (2000 film)|Road Trip]]'' was filmed in Madison.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://visitmadisonga.com/film/ | title=Film Inquiries - Official Tourism Site for Madison Georgia | date=October 21, 2020 }}</ref>
*The 1978 film ''[[The Great Bank Hoax]]'' starring [[Ned Beatty]], [[Richard Basehart]] and [[Charlene Dallas]] was filmed in Madison.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}
*Portions of the TV series ''[[October Road (TV series)|October Road]]'' were filmed in Madison.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0769365/locations/ | title="October Road" Pilot (TV Episode 2007) - Filming & production - IMDb | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>
*Portions of the TV series ''[[The Originals (TV series)|The Originals]]'', were filmed in Madison. The show was a spin-off of ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://visitmadisonga.com/film-tour-movie-locations | title=Film Tour: Movie Locations in Madison GA - Official Site | date=July 5, 2021 }}</ref>
*''Hissy Fit'', a novel by [[Mary Kay Andrews]], is set in Madison.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Andrews|first1=Mary Kay|title=Hissy Fit|date=March 5, 2015|publisher=Harper Paperbacks|isbn=978-0060564650}}</ref>
*The main character of the webcomic [[Check, Please! (webcomic)|''Check, Please!'']], Eric "Bitty" Bittle, is noted as being from Madison.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}
*Athens band [[R.E.M.]] recorded an ''[[MTV Unplugged]]'' session at the Madison Morgan Cultural Center in 1991, where they played "[[Losing My Religion]]" with the [[Atlanta Symphony Orchestra]].<ref name="remhq"/>

== Notable people ==
* [[Benny Andrews]], nationally recognized as an artist, teacher, author, activist, and advocate of the arts, grew up in rural Morgan County.
* [[George Andrews (artist)|George Andrews]] (1911–1996) was a [[self-taught artist]] commonly referred to as the "Dot Man".<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Dot Man: George Andrews of Madison Georgia|last=Gruber|first=J. Richard|publisher=Morris Museum of Art|year=1994|location=Augusta, Georgia}}</ref> He fathered ten children, including painter [[Benny Andrews]] and novelist [[Raymond Andrews]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Andrews|first=Benny|last2=Andrews|first2=George|date=1994|title=George Andrews|journal=Art Journal|volume=53|issue=1|pages=22|doi=10.2307/777522|issn=0004-3249|jstor=777522}}</ref>
* [[Raymond Andrews]] (June 6, 1934 – November 25, 1991), African-American novelist, grew up in rural Morgan County.
* [[Tookie Brown]] (born November 22, 1995), professional basketball player
* [[George Gordon Crawford]] (August 24, 1869 – March 20, 1936), industrialist, was born in Madison.
* [[B. J. Elder]] (born September 4, 1982), former Georgia Tech and professional basketball player
* [[Monday Floyd]], carpenter and Georgia Assemblyman who was harassed, threatened, and attacked by the Ku Klux Klan until he fled to Atlanta
* [[Oliver Hardy|Oliver "Ollie" Hardy]] (born Norvell Hardy) (January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957), comic actor famous as one half of [[Laurel and Hardy]], lived in Madison as a child where his mother owned a hotel called the Hardy House.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Louvish |first1=Simon |title=Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy: The Double Life of Laurel and Hardy |date=June 23, 2005 |publisher=St. Martin's |location=Griffin |isbn=0312325983|pages=40–41}}</ref> The Madison-Morgan Cultural Center is a preserved [[Romanesque Revival]] schoolhouse housing the room where Oliver Hardy attended first grade.
* [[Albert T. Harris]], [[World War II]] naval hero, was born in Madison.
* [[Allie Carroll Hart]] (1913–2003), director of the Georgia Department of Archives and History, 1964 to 1982
* [[Bill Hartman]] (William Coleman "Bill" Hartman Jr., March 17, 1915 – March 16, 2006), Washington Redskins running back, started playing American football in Madison.
* [[Joshua Hill (politician)|Joshua Hill]] (January 10, 1812 – March 6, 1891), U.S. senator who lived in Madison. During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], General [[William Tecumseh Sherman]], a friend of Hill, did not burn Madison on his "[[Sherman's March to the Sea|March to the Sea]]".
* [[Eugenius Aristides Nisbet]] began his practice of law in Madison Georgia, before later being elected as one of the three initial justices of the [[Supreme Court of Georgia (U.S. state)|Supreme Court of Georgia]] in 1845.
* [[Brooks Pennington Jr.]], businessman, philanthropist and politician, operated his father's seed store on Main Street.
* [[Seaborn Reese]] (November 28, 1846 – March 1, 1907), politician, jurist and lawyer, was born in Madison. Reese filled the seat for Georgia in the [[United States House of Representatives]] during the [[47th United States Congress]]. He was reelected to the [[48th United States Congress|48th]] and [[49th United States Congress|49th]] Congresses, serving from December 4, 1882, until March 3, 1887.
* [[Mark Schlabach]], sports journalist, ''New York Times'' best-selling author and columnist and reporter for [[ESPN.com]], lives in Madison.
* [[William Tappan Thompson]], humorist and writer who co-founded the ''[[Savannah Morning News]]'' newspaper in the 1850s, lived in Madison in the 1840s and worked on the city's first newspaper, ''The Southern Miscellany''.<ref name=MadisonCityDoc>{{cite web|title=Chapter 1 - Madison's History and Development|url=http://www.madisonga.com/DocumentCenter/Home/View/209|website=Madison, GA|access-date=May 16, 2017|via=[[CivicPlus]]}}</ref>
* [[Jesse Triplett]], lead guitarist with [[Collective Soul]], was born in Madison<ref>{{cite web|last=Ruggieri|first=Melissa|title=Ed Roland talks Sarah Jones benefit concert, new Collective Soul album|url=http://www.accessatlanta.com/weblogs/atlanta-music-scene/2014/may/26/ed-roland-talks-sarah-jones-benefit-concert-new-co|website=Access Atlanta|publisher=Amy Glennon|access-date=May 26, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140603020852/http://www.accessatlanta.com/weblogs/atlanta-music-scene/2014/may/26/ed-roland-talks-sarah-jones-benefit-concert-new-co/|archive-date=June 3, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and attended the Morgan County School System.
* [[Philip Lee Williams]] (born January 30, 1950), novelist, poet, and essayist, grew up in Madison.

== See also ==
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* [[List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Morgan County, Georgia]]

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite book |last=Strong |first=Robert Hale |editor-last=Halsey |editor-first=Ashley |title=A Yankee Private's Civil War |location=Chicago |publisher=[[Regnery Publishing|Henry Regnery Company]] |date=1961 |pages=110–114 |lccn=61-10744 |oclc=1058411}}

== External links ==
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