Madison County, North Carolina




Not to be confused with Madison, North Carolina.

County in the United States

































































Madison County, North Carolina

Court House, Madison County, NC.jpg
Madison County Courthouse in Marshall


Seal of Madison County, North Carolina
Seal

Map of North Carolina highlighting Madison County
Location within the U.S. state of North Carolina

Map of the United States highlighting North Carolina
North Carolina's location within the U.S.
Founded 1851
Named for James Madison
Seat Marshall
Largest town Mars Hill
Area
 • Total 451 sq mi (1,168 km2)
 • Land 450 sq mi (1,165 km2)
 • Water 1.9 sq mi (5 km2), 0.4%
Population
 • (2010) 20,764
 • Density 46/sq mi (18/km2)
Congressional district 11th
Time zone
Eastern: UTC−5/−4
Website www.madisoncountync.org




Advertisement for Warm Springs Hotel, Madison County, ca. 1880


Madison County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 20,764.[1] Its county seat is Marshall.[2]


Madison County is part of the Asheville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.




Contents






  • 1 Geography


    • 1.1 Adjacent counties


    • 1.2 National protected area


    • 1.3 Major highways




  • 2 History


  • 3 Demographics


  • 4 Communities


    • 4.1 Towns


    • 4.2 Townships


    • 4.3 Unincorporated communities




  • 5 Politics, law and government


  • 6 Education


  • 7 Culture


  • 8 See also


  • 9 References


  • 10 External links





Geography


According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 451 square miles (1,170 km2), of which 450 square miles (1,200 km2) is land and 1.9 square miles (4.9 km2) (0.4%) is water.[3]


Madison County is located deep in the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina, and much of the county's terrain is rugged, heavily forested, and sparsely populated. The county's northern border is with the State of Tennessee. Madison County's largest river is the French Broad River, which flows north-northwest through the county, first past the county seat of Marshall, then past the resort town of Hot Springs.



Adjacent counties




  • Greene County, Tennessee - north


  • Unicoi County, Tennessee - northeast


  • Yancey County - east


  • Buncombe County - south


  • Haywood County - southwest


  • Cocke County, Tennessee - northwest



National protected area



  • Pisgah National Forest (part)


Major highways





  • I-26


  • US 19


  • US 23


  • US 23A


  • US 25 (BUS)


  • US 70 (BUS)


  • NC 63


  • NC 208


  • NC 209


  • NC 212


  • NC 213


  • NC 251




History


The county was formed in 1851 from parts of Buncombe County and Yancey County. It was named for James Madison, fourth President of the United States (1809–1817).[4]


As of 1903, Madison County was mostly a sundown county, prohibiting African Americans from living there, except within a mile of the courthouse in Marshall.[5]



Demographics

















































































































Historical population
Census Pop.
%±
1860 5,908 —
1870 8,192 38.7%
1880 12,810 56.4%
1890 17,805 39.0%
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%
2010 20,764 5.7%
Est. 2016 21,340 [6] 2.8%
U.S. Decennial Census[7]
1790-1960[8] 1900-1990[9]
1990-2000[10] 2010-2013[1]

As of the census[11] of 2000, there were 19,635 people, 8,000 households, and 5,592 families residing in the county. The population density was 44 people per square mile (17/km²). There were 9,722 housing units at an average density of 22 per square mile (8/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 97.63% White, 0.83% Black or African American, 0.27% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.45% from other races, and 0.59% from two or more races. 1.35% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.


There were 8,000 households out of which 28.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.50% were married couples living together, 8.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.10% were non-families. 26.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.81.


In the county, the population was spread out with 21.20% under the age of 18, 10.30% from 18 to 24, 26.50% from 25 to 44, 26.00% from 45 to 64, and 15.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 97.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.30 males.


The median income for a household in the county was $30,985, and the median income for a family was $37,383. Males had a median income of $27,950 versus $22,678 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,076. About 10.90% of families and 15.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.60% of those under age 18 and 19.20% of those age 65 or over.



Communities




Map of Madison County, North Carolina With Municipal and Township Labels



Towns



  • Hot Springs

  • Mars Hill


  • Marshall (county seat)



Townships


The county is divided into eleven townships: Beech Glenn, Ebbs Chapel, Grapevine, Hot Springs, Laurel, Mars Hill, Marshall, Revere Rice Cove, Sandy Mush, Spring Creek and Walnut.[12]


Formerly there were sixteen townships, which were both numbered and named:




  • 1 (Marshall)

  • 2 (Shelton Laurel)

  • 3 (Bull Creek)

  • 4 (Middle Fork of Ivy)

  • 5 (West Fork of Ivy)

  • 6 (Sandy Mush)

  • 7 (Little Pine Creek)

  • 8 (Spring Creek)

  • 9 (Hot Springs)

  • 10 (Big Laurel)

  • 11 (Upper Laurel)

  • 12 (Big Pine Creek)

  • 13 (Meadow Fork of Spring Creek)

  • 14 (Grapevine)

  • 15 (Mars Hill)

  • 16 (Foster Creek)




Unincorporated communities




  • Barnard

  • Faust

  • Hurricane

  • Joe

  • Luck

  • Paint Rock

  • Petersburg

  • Revere

  • Spring Creek

  • Trust

  • Walnut

  • White Rock





Politics, law and government


Madison is a historically Republican county that for a time turned competitive before again becoming strongly Republican – although as recently as 2008 Barack Obama came within two hundred votes of carrying the county. The county is notorious for political machines: the Ponder machine governed the county from the late 1950s to the 1990s, and before that a long-lived Republican machine had ruled the county and kept it in GOP hands between 1880 and 1956:[13] it was one of five North Carolina counties to reject Franklin Roosevelt in all four of his campaigns, and one of only seven each to vote for Alf Landon in 1936 and for Wendell Willkie in 1940.



Presidential elections results















































































































































































Presidential elections results[14]
Year
Republican
Democratic
Third parties

2016
60.2% 6,783
 34.8% 3,926
 5.0% 560

2012
53.4% 5,404
 44.3% 4,484
 2.2% 225

2008
50.0% 5,192
 48.4% 5,026
 1.6% 161

2004
54.7% 5,175
 44.7% 4,234
 0.6% 54

2000
56.2% 4,676
 42.1% 3,505
 1.7% 144

1996
 44.2% 3,110
47.4% 3,333
 8.4% 587

1992
 39.1% 3,121
49.8% 3,980
 11.1% 888

1988
53.1% 3,453
 46.6% 3,033
 0.3% 20

1984
54.8% 3,666
 44.7% 2,988
 0.5% 35

1980
 44.0% 2,629
53.6% 3,202
 2.4% 141

1976
 41.5% 2,446
58.2% 3,433
 0.3% 16

1972
61.2% 3,273
 38.1% 2,039
 0.7% 38

1968
49.2% 3,130
 34.6% 2,201
 16.3% 1,034

1964
 46.6% 3,336
53.4% 3,829

1960
 49.3% 4,422
50.7% 4,546

1956
53.6% 4,263
 46.4% 3,693

1952
56.5% 4,751
 43.6% 3,666

1948
55.7% 3,341
 42.7% 2,558
 1.6% 96

1944
65.7% 4,388
 34.3% 2,291

1940
59.3% 4,617
 40.7% 3,171

1936
61.9% 5,099
 38.1% 3,133

1932
61.8% 4,552
 37.6% 2,769
 0.7% 49

1928
81.4% 4,776
 18.6% 1,093

1924
67.8% 3,252
 30.7% 1,471
 1.5% 74

1920
73.0% 3,616
 27.0% 1,340

1916
66.9% 1,965
 33.1% 972

1912
 16.2% 430
 33.9% 897
49.9% 1,320



Madison County is governed by a five-member board of commissioners who are elected every two years. The board selects its own chairman and holds scheduled meetings on the second Monday of each month.[15] Madison County is a member of the Land-of-Sky Regional Council of governments.


Madison is considered a "dry" county, meaning that the sale and/or public consumption of alcoholic beverages is illegal within the county limits. However, individual towns have right of self-determination regarding alcohol sales, and Hot Springs, Marshall and Mars Hill[16] all allow beer and wine sales, but not liquor.



Education


Madison County's public educational system consists of one early college high school, one traditional high school (Madison High School, located in the county seat of Marshall), one middle school (Madison Middle School), and three elementary schools (Brush Creek Elementary, Hot Springs Elementary, and Mars Hill Elementary).[17] Brush Creek Elementary was built as a merger of Marshall Elementary and Walnut Elementary after the latter burned down in 1998.


The county is also home to Mars Hill University, a private, coed, four-year liberal-arts university. Founded in 1856, Mars Hill is the oldest college or university in western North Carolina. The university offers 34 majors and seven degrees: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Social Work, and Master of Education.




Culture


Madison County was historically a center for old-time folk music. Among others, the folk song Rain and Snow likely originated there, in the late 19th century.[18]



See also



  • List of counties in North Carolina

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Madison County, North Carolina



References





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  2. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.


  3. ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Archived from the original on January 12, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2015.


  4. ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 196.


  5. ^ "The Negro in the North". The Laurens Advertiser. Laurens, South Carolina. September 2, 1903. p. 2 – via Chronicling America. Madison County in the mountains of North Carolina is a Republican county. Except within a mile of the court house negroes are not allowed to live.


  6. ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.


  7. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 18, 2015.


  8. ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved January 18, 2015.


  9. ^ Forstall, Richard L., ed. (March 27, 1995). "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 18, 2015.


  10. ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. April 2, 2001. Retrieved January 18, 2015.


  11. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.


  12. ^ "1991 General Assembly of North Carolina - House Bill 689 - Madison County School Elections" (PDF).


  13. ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Religious Factor in the 1960 Presidential Election: An Analysis of the Kennedy Victory over Anti-Catholic Prejudice, pp. 89-90
    ISBN 0786484934


  14. ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2018-03-16.


  15. ^ "Madison County Website - County Commissioners".


  16. ^ "Asheville-Citizen Times - Mars Hill voters approved beer, wine sales". 5 March 2008.


  17. ^ https://www.madisonk12.net/


  18. ^ Blackman, Patrick (10 September 2012). "Cold Rain and Snow – Introduction". Sing Out!. Retrieved 13 January 2019.




External links



  • Official Website - Madison County Government


  • NCGenWeb Madison County - free genealogy resources for the county





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







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