Editing Madison, Indiana

{{short description|City in Indiana, United States}}
{{Distinguish|Madison County, Indiana}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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| leader_name        = Bob Courtney ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.madison-in.gov/egov/apps/staff/directory.egov?path=pro&usr=1253 | title=Details }}</ref>
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'''Madison''' is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Jefferson County, Indiana]], United States,<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> along the [[Ohio River]]. As of the [[2010 United States Census]] its population was 11,967.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1845990| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213050927/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1845990| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 13, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Madison city, Indiana| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=May 17, 2018}}</ref><ref name="USCensusEst2016">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2016.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|access-date=June 9, 2017}}</ref> Over 55,000 people live within {{convert|15|mi}} of downtown Madison. Madison is the largest city along the [[Ohio River]] between [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]] and [[Cincinnati]]. In 2006, the majority of Madison's downtown area was designated a [[National Historic Landmark]]—133 blocks of the downtown area is known as the [[Madison Historic District (Madison, Indiana)|Madison Historic Landmark District]].

== History ==
[[File:Main Street, Madison, IN (48517098006).jpg|thumb|left|Historic buildings line Main Street in Madison|alt=]]Madison was laid out and [[plat]]ted in 1810, and the first lots were sold in 1811 by [[John Paul (pioneer)|John Paul]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalhist00john |title=Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott, and Washington, Indiana |publisher=Chicago Printing Company |year=1889 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/biographicalhist00john/page/183 183]}}</ref> It had busy early years due to heavy river traffic and its position as an entry point into the [[Indiana Territory]] along the historic Old [[Michigan Road]]. Madison's location across the Ohio River from Kentucky, a [[slave state]], made it an important location on the [[Underground Railroad]], which worked to free fugitive slaves. [[George DeBaptiste]]'s barbershop in town became a nerve center of the local group.<ref>Hudson, J. Blaine. ''Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad in the Kentucky Borderland''. McFarland, 2002. p117-118</ref> By 1850, Madison was the third-largest city in Indiana (after New Albany and Indianapolis), and among the 100 largest cities in the U.S.<ref>{{Cite web |last=U.S. Bureau of the Census |title=Population of 100 Largest Urban Places 1850 |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/working-papers/1998/demo/pop-twps0027/tab08.txt |url-status=}}</ref>

Indiana's first railroad, the [[Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad|Madison & Indianapolis Railroad]], was built there from 1836 to 1847. Chartered in 1832 by the Indiana State Legislature as the [[Madison Railroad|Madison Indianapolis & Lafayette Railroad]], and construction begun September 16, 1836, the railroad was transferred to private ownership on January 31, 1843, as the Madison & Indianapolis Railroad. Successful for more than a decade, the railroad went into decline and was sold at foreclosure in 1862, renamed the Indianapolis & Madison Railroad, and after a series of corporate transfers, became part of the massive [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] system in 1921. In March 1924, the Madison Area Chamber of Commerce was founded to aid area business growth and development. [[Conrail]] much later bought Pennsylvania Railroad, but the deal left out a {{Convert|26|mi||abbr=|adj=on}} stretch of track from [[North Vernon]] to Madison. Madison Port Authority purchased this, forming [[Madison Railroad]] in 1975.

Madison's days as a leading Indiana city were numbered, however, when river traffic declined and new railroads built between [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]], [[Indianapolis]], and [[Cincinnati]] tapped into Madison's trade network. As a result, Madison's growth did not continue at the same pace it had experienced before the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. During the late nineteenth century, many new buildings were still being built, but in many cases older structures were modernized by adding cast-iron storefronts and ornamental sheet metal cornices. Some earlier buildings survived without major alterations, and the Madison National Landmark Historic District today contains examples of all the major architectural styles of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, from Federal to Art Moderne.

In 1952 the town of [[North Madison, Indiana|North Madison]] was annexed, becoming a neighborhood of the city, which aided in providing city services to new businesses started in the area.<ref name=Cole2002>[https://www.madisoncourier.com/archives/north-madison-was-once-a-sleepy-town/article_4257375b-b394-53f1-aac0-cfc4196bdc15.html North Madison was once a Sleepy Town]. By Phil Cole. Madison Courier, 25 July 2002. Accessed 3 April 2024.</ref> A tornado in 1974 destroyed a number of buildings in the neighborhood.<ref name=Cole2002 />

On January 11, 1992, [[Murder of Shanda Sharer|Shanda Sharer]] was murdered in the city by four teenage girls.

===National Register of Historic Places===
Downtown Madison was granted [[National Historic Landmark|National Historic Landmark District]] status in early 2006. On August 25, 2006, just months after the designation, a blaze severely damaged two historic downtown buildings, the Madison [[Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks|Elks Lodge]] and a former city hall building that was occupied by an insurance company.<ref>{{cite news |date=26 August 2006 |title=Fire Damages Historic Area in Indiana |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/26/us/26madison.html |access-date=June 9, 2008}}</ref>

The [[Crawford-Whitehead-Ross House]], [[Jefferson County Jail (Indiana)|Jefferson County Jail]], [[Lanier Mansion]], [[Madison Historic District (Madison, Indiana)|Madison Historic District]], and [[Charles L. Shrewsbury House]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris3">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

===Jefferson County Courthouse fire===
[[File:Courthouse6565.jpg|thumb|The Jefferson County Courthouse dome engulfed in flames.]]
On May 20, 2009, the newly painted dome of the Jefferson County Courthouse caught fire. The blaze started around 6:15&nbsp;pm. Smoke billowed hundreds of feet into the air and flames rose out of the clock tower. The fire continued to burn for hours. Fire officials reported that the fire was tentatively under control just before 9:45&nbsp;pm. No major injuries were reported. The dome of the courthouse was being painted in celebration of Madison's [[wiktionary:bicentennial|bicentennial]]. On May 28, 2009, the ruined dome was removed from the top of the courthouse in two pieces. Authorities stated that the cause of the fire was a contractor using an open-flame propane torch to solder two pieces of copper together in one of the built-in gutters on the north side of the roof.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Staff Writer |title=Fire severely damages historic Indiana courthouse |url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2009/05/21/fire-severely-damages-historic-indiana/24158511007/ |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=The Columbus Dispatch |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-06-08 |title=Cause of Jefferson Co. Courthouse fire identified-WEB ONLY |url=https://www.ibj.com/articles/5622-cause-of-jefferson-co-courthouse-fire-identified-web-only |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=Indianapolis Business Journal |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Super Outbreak of tornadoes===
The [[1974 Super Outbreak]] is the second-largest tornado outbreak on record for a single 24-hour period. From April 3 to April 4, 1974, there were 148 tornadoes confirmed in 13 states, including [[Illinois]], [[Indiana]], [[Michigan]], [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]], [[Tennessee]], [[Alabama]], [[Mississippi]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[North Carolina]], [[Virginia]], [[West Virginia]], and [[New York (state)|New York]]; and the Canadian province of [[Ontario]]. It extensively damaged approximately {{convert|900|sqmi}} along a total combined path length of {{convert|2600|mi|km}}.<ref name="so_report3">{{cite web |author=Risk Assessment Models |title=Analysis and reconstruction of the 1974 Tornado Super Outbreak |url=http://www.rms.com/Publications/1974SuperTornadoReport.pdf |access-date=2007-03-03}}</ref> The 1974 Super Outbreak remains the most outstanding severe convective weather episode of record in the continental United States. The outbreak far surpassed previous and succeeding events in severity, longevity and extent.

Shortly after an F-5 tornado struck [[Depauw, Indiana|Depauw]], northwest of Louisville, the Hanover/Madison F4 twister formed near [[Henryville, Indiana|Henryville]] and traveled through Jefferson County, leveling many structures in the town of [[Hanover, Indiana|Hanover]] and in Madison. Eleven were killed in this storm, while an additional 300 were injured. According to [[WHAS-TV]] in Louisville, 90% of Hanover was destroyed or severely damaged, including the [[Hanover College]] campus. Despite the fact that no one was killed or seriously injured at the college, all but one of the college's 33 buildings were damaged, including two that were completely destroyed and six that sustained major structural damage. Hundreds of trees were downed, completely blocking every campus road. All utilities were knocked out and communication with those off campus was nearly impossible. Damage to the campus alone was estimated at $10&nbsp;million. In Madison, seven fatalities took place, and about 300 homes were destroyed; the tornado also brushed the community of [[China, Indiana|China]], causing additional fatalities.

The same storm would later strike the [[Cincinnati]] area, producing multiple tornadoes including another F5.

==Geography==
Madison is located at {{coord|38|45|N|85|24|W|type:city}} (38.750, −85.395),<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=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> on the north side of the Ohio River. It is bordered to the south, across the river, by the city of [[Milton, Kentucky]]. [[U.S. Route 421]] passes through the center of town, crossing the Ohio into Kentucky on the [[Milton–Madison Bridge]]. US-421 leads north {{convert|26|mi}} to [[Versailles, Indiana]], and south {{convert|23|mi}} to [[Campbellsburg, Kentucky]]. [[Indiana State Road 7]] has its southern terminus in Madison and leads northwest {{convert|23|mi}} to [[Vernon, Indiana|Vernon]]. [[Indiana State Road 56]], the Ohio River Scenic Byway, is Madison's Main Street, leading east (upriver) {{convert|20|mi}} to [[Vevay, Indiana|Vevay]] and west {{convert|23|mi}} to [[Scottsburg, Indiana|Scottsburg]]. [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]] is {{convert|48|mi}} southwest of Madison by highway, and [[Cincinnati]] is {{convert|68|mi}} to the northeast.

Madison is bordered to the west by [[Clifty Falls State Park]], encompassing the canyon of Big Clifty Creek and its tributaries, with several waterfalls, as well as high ground rising {{convert|400|ft}} above the Ohio River valley.

According to the 2010 census, Madison has a total area of {{convert|8.842|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|8.57|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (or 96.92%) is land and {{convert|0.272|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (or 3.08%) is water.<ref name="census-g001">{{cite web
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  |title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1
  |access-date=2015-07-29
  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213050927/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1845990
  |archive-date=2020-02-13
  |url-status=dead
  }}</ref>

===Climate===
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Madison has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=99637&cityname=Madison%2C+Indiana%2C+United+States+of+America&units=|title=Madison, Indiana Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|work=Weatherbase}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1840= 3798
|1850= 8012
|1860= 8130
|1870= 10709
|1880= 8945
|1890= 8936
|1900= 7835
|1910= 6934
|1920= 6711
|1930= 6530
|1940= 6923
|1950= 7506
|1960= 10488
|1970= 13081
|1980= 12472
|1990= 12006
|2000= 12004
|2010= 11967
|2020= 12357
|footnote=Source: US Census Bureau
}}

As of 2000 the median income for a household in the city was $35,092, and the median income for a family was $46,241. Males had a median income of $32,800 versus $22,039 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $18,923. About 10.2% of families and 12.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 18.3% of those under age 18 and 8.6% of those age 65 or over.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-12-11}}</ref> of 2010, there were 11,967 people, 5,048 households, and 2,951 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1396.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 5,787 housing units at an average density of {{convert|675.3|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 93.5% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.8% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.2% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.7% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.6% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.7% of the population.

There were 5,048 households, of which 27.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 41.5% were non-families. 35.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.79.

The median age in the city was 42.2 years. 21% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25% were from 25 to 44; 28.9% were from 45 to 64; and 17.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 44.8% male and 55.2% female.

==Powerboat racing==
[[File:MissMadisonHydroplane2007.jpg|thumb|''[[Miss Madison]]'' is an [[H1 Unlimited]] [[hydroplane (boat)|hydroplane]] and the only community-owned unlimited hydroplane in the world.]]
Madison has a [[powerboat]] racing tradition dating back to at least 1911. In 1929, the city began holding an annual race, later called the [[Madison Regatta]] beginning in 1948. Since 1954, the Madison Regatta has held a high points Unlimited [[Hydroplane racing|hydroplane race]] annually in early July. Although Madison has a population of only 12,000, the regatta maintains its place in Unlimited Hydroplane racing, hosting an [[H1 Unlimited]] race, whose other events are in [[Seattle]], [[San Diego]], [[Guntersville, Alabama]], and [[Tri-Cities, Washington]]. The Madison Regatta draws about 70,000–100,000 people annually on the [[Independence Day (United States)|July 4]] weekend. A week-long riverfront festival also surrounds this racing event.

A source of community pride is that Madison has the world's only community-owned unlimited [[hydroplane racing|hydroplane racer]], ''[[Miss Madison]]'', which began Unlimited-class racing in 1961. The boat, which has been known by various corporate sponsor names but was officially called U-6, traditionally finished near the bottom of the circuit. Before [[Anheuser-Busch]] dropped its sponsorship of hydroplane racing after the 2004 season, U-6 had won just six races using a variety of hulls. One of those wins was an upset in the 1971 Regatta, when by a mistake in the bidding process, the APBA Gold Cup was held in Madison for the first time, in which the low-budget team and its 1960-vintage hull defeated the well-funded corporate teams and their newer generation of "Thunderboats". The Gold Cup winner retired at the end of the year, taking second place in the overall national standings, and was replaced with a new ''Miss Madison'' in 1972. Newer hulls followed in 1978 and 1988. Madison hosted the APBA Gold Cup Race again in 1979 and 1980.

As a participant in the new [[H1 Unlimited]] series, the City of Madison team driver, Steve David, finished first in the H1 Unlimited national point drivers standings in both 2005 and 2006 driving U-6, now in the colors of sponsor [[Oberto Sausage Company|Oh Boy! Oberto]]. In 2008, under the aegis of Miss Madison Incorporated and with a new hull built in 2007, the U-1 ''Miss Madison'' won its first H1 Unlimited National High Points Championship for Oh Boy! Oberto. On July 3, 2011, at Madison, David escaped serious injury but the hull was seriously damaged when the three-time defending national champion crashed into the U-96 ''Spirit of Qatar'' on the third lap of the championship heat after ''Qatar'' spun in a turn into the path of the Oh Boy! Oberto/''Miss Madison''. David and the repaired boat returned in time for the 2011 [[Columbia Cup]], where it finished second (to U-96), then won the August 7 [[Albert Lee Appliance Cup]] in Seattle. In true ''Miss Madison'' tradition, the repairs to the hull are being defrayed by local fundraisers.

The ''Miss Madison'''s greatest accomplishment, when it seemingly came from out of nowhere to win the 1971 Gold Cup with an aged boat against powerful competitors such as ''Atlas Van Lines II'' and ''Miss Budweiser'', was recreated in the semi-fictional film [[Madison (film)|''Madison'']].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Farley |first=Fred |title=Miss Madison, the Gold Cup Champion - Prologue |url=http://www.missmadison.com/history/71goldcup_a.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515153544/http://www.missmadison.com/history/71goldcup_a.htm |archive-date=May 15, 2008 |access-date=2022-08-14 |website=www.missmadison.com}}</ref>

In 2013, Miss Madison/ Oh Boy! Oberto driver Steve David announced his retirement after his final run at the San Diego Sea Fair. On Friday, November 8, 2013, a retirement celebration was held at the Boneyard Grill on Madison's hilltop to celebrate David's 12-year tenure as the driver of Miss Madison's Oh Boy! Oberto.

The Madison-based team continues to compete in the H1 Unlimited championship, with driver Jimmy Shane and sponsor HomeStreet Bank, who have been with the squad since 2016.

==Government==
'''Mayor''' : Bob Courtney
'''Clerk-Treasurer''' : Shirley Rynearson
'''Council President''' : Carla Krebs

===City Council===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Office
! Name
! Party
|-
| Councilman-at-Large 
| Jim Bartlett
| Republican
|-
| Councilman-at-Large
| Joshua Wilbur
| 
|- 
| 1st District Councilman
| Patrick Thevenow
| Republican
|-
| 2nd District Councilman
| Carla Krebs (Council President)
| Republican
|-
| 3rd District Councilman
| Lucy Dattilo
| 
|-
| 4th District Councilman
| Joshua Schafer
| Republican
|-
| 5th District Councilman
| Joel Storm
|  
|-
|}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.madison-in.gov/?page_id=Mayor\%27s%20Office | title=Home }}</ref>
Damon Welch died in September 2019 and Bob Courtney was voted by the Republican Party to finish his term. Courtney was elected to a full term as mayor on November 5, 2019, winning with 62% of the vote.

==Education==
;Madison Consolidated Schools
* [[Madison Consolidated High School]]
* Madison Consolidated Junior High School
* Ryker's Ridge Elementary School
* Anderson Elementary School. (closed in 2012, reopened in 2019 following expansion)
* Eggleston Elementary School (now closed, sold 2011)
* Lydia-Middleton Elementary School
* Canaan Elementary School, closed in 2010, reopened 2012 as Canaan Community Academy (a Charter School)
* Deputy Elementary School
* Dupont Elementary School (now closed, 2012)
* E.O. Muncie Elementary School (now closed, 2019)

;Southwestern Schools
* [[Southwestern High School (Hanover, Indiana)|Southwestern Junior and Senior High School]]
*Southwestern Elementary School

;Prince of Peace Catholic Schools
* [[Shawe Memorial High School]]
* Pope John XXIII Elementary School

;Other private schools
* [[Christian Academy of Madison]]

Madison has a branch of the Jefferson County Public Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.in.gov/library/files/countyindex13.pdf | title=Indiana public library directory | publisher=Indiana State Library | access-date=8 March 2018}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
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In 1943, director [[Josef Sternberg]] filmed Madison for the [[Office of War Information]] documentary short film [[The_Town_(1945_film)|''The Town'']], presenting the city as an American ideal community.

Two Hollywood films have been shot in Madison. In the summer of 1957 Madison was selected as the location for ''[[Some Came Running (film)|Some Came Running]]'', which brought actors [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Dean Martin]] and [[Shirley MacLaine]] to town. The film was nominated for five [[Academy Awards]]. For ''Some Came Running'', released in 1958, director [[Vincente Minnelli]] selected Madison to represent the fictional town of Parkman in filming the [[James Jones (author)|James Jones]] novel. On September 3, 1999, the community held an organized celebration to mark the 40th anniversary of the making of the film, which itself became the subject of a film documentary by [[Turner Classic Movies]].

The city of Madison was both the subject and location for the film ''[[Madison (film)|Madison]]'', released in 2001. The filming brought notable stars such as [[Jim Caviezel]], [[Bruce Dern]], [[Paul Dooley]], and [[Mary McCormack]] to town. ''Madison'' was released in 2001 and recounts the story of the city's hosting and winning the penultimate [[hydroplane racing]] event of 1971, echoing the movie ''[[Hoosiers (film)|Hoosiers]]''.

A [[Netflix]] Docuseries titled ''[[Girls Incarcerated]]'' was filmed there about the former Madison Juvenile Correction Facility.

==Notable people==
* [[David L. Armstrong]], former mayor of [[Louisville, Kentucky]]
* [[George Benson (American football)|George Benson]], professional football player
* [[Jesse D. Bright]], [[Lieutenant Governor of Indiana]], [[president pro tempore of the United States Senate]], and [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] sympathizer
* [[James Graham Brown]], entrepreneur, philanthropist
* [[Bryan Bullington]], professional baseball player, pitcher
* [[Francis Costigan]], architect
* [[Donald W. Duncan]], soldier and anti-war activist
* [[Irene Dunne]], five-time [[Academy Award]] nominee for Best Actress, raised in Madison
* [[William Eckert]], former Major League Baseball commissioner, raised in Madison
* [[Bernhard Felsenthal]], rabbi
* [[Gerard Fowke]], archaeologist and geologist
* [[Agnes Moore Fryberger]], music educator
* [[Steve Green (basketball)|Steve Green]], basketball player, [[Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball|Indiana University]] and [[National Basketball Association|NBA]]
* [[Joe L. Hensley]], lawyer, science-fiction writer
* [[James Lanier|James F.D. Lanier]], chartered State Bank of Indiana in 1833
* [[Martin A. Marks]], businessman
* [[Samuel Austin Moffett]] (1864–1939), early Presbyterian missionary to Korea
* [[David Graham Phillips]], novelist and journalist
* [[Emily Lee Sherwood Ragan]] (1839–1916), author, journalist
*[[Olive Sanxay]] (1873–1965), poet
* [[Murder of Shanda Sharer|Shanda Sharer]], murder victim
* [[William McKendree Snyder]], artist
* [[Paul Sorvino]], actor
* [[Milton Stapp]], [[Lieutenant Governor of Indiana]], second mayor of Madison
* [[Jeremiah C. Sullivan]], attorney, [[American Civil War|Civil War]] general in the [[Union Army]]
* [[Tommy Thevenow]], professional baseball player for [[1926 World Series]] champion [[St. Louis Cardinals]]
* [[John L. Tiernon]], U.S. Army brigadier general<ref name="Biographical">{{cite book |date=1908 |title=The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States 1861–65 |volume=VIII (Biographical) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vlNLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA397 |location=Madison, WI |publisher=Federal Publishing Company |pages=397–398 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
* [[George David Yater]], watercolor artist associated with the [[Cape Cod School of Art]]

==See also==
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* [[List of cities and towns along the Ohio River]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{wikivoyage inline|Madison (Indiana)|Madison, Indiana}}
* [http://madison-in.gov/ City of Madison official website]
* [http://visitmadison.org Madison, Indiana Visitors Bureau]
* [http://www.madisonindiana.com Madison Area Chamber of Commerce and Jefferson County Industrial Development Corporation]
* [http://www.wkmnews.com WKM News]
* [http://www.keywestshrimphouse.com/Templates/History%20of%20Madison%20Indiana.htm A History of Madison, Indiana]
* [http://www.ahgp.org/in/early-history-of-madison-indiana.html History of Madison, Indiana, written 1815]
* [http://www.jchshc.org The History Center, Jefferson County Historical Society]

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