Madison County, New York

Madison County is a located in the  of. As of the, the population was 69,441. It is named after, fourth. Its is.

History
When counties were established in New York State in, the present Madison County was part of. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of and, in theory, extending westward to the. This county was reduced in size on, by the creation of , and further on ,  by the creation of , both containing territory now in Vermont.



On, , what was left of Albany County was split into three parts, one remaining under the name Albany County. One of the other pieces,, contained the western portion (and thus, since no western boundary was specified, theoretically still extended west to the Pacific). The eastern boundary of Tryon County was approximately five miles west of the present city of, and the county included the western part of the and the area west of the West Branch of the. The area then designated as Tryon County now includes 37 counties of New York State. The county was named for, colonial governor of New York.

In the years prior to, most of the Loyalists in Tryon County fled to. In, following the peace treaty that ended the , the name of Tryon County was changed to in honor of the general, , who had captured several places in Canada and died attempting to capture the city of , replacing the name of the hated  governor.

In, Montgomery County was reduced in size by the splitting off of. The actual area split off from Montgomery County was much larger than the present county, also including the present, , , , , , , , , , , , and part of and.

and were two of three counties split off from Montgomery County (the other being ) in.



was formed in from parts of Tioga and Herkimer Counties.

Finally, Madison County was created from Chenango County in.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,713 (662 ). 1,699 km² (656 sq mi) of it is land and 15 km² (6 sq mi) of it (0.86%) is water.

Madison County is located in west central New York State, east of, north of , and slightly north of due west from. Madison County contains the geographic center of the state at Pratts Hollow in the Town of Eaton.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 69,441 people, 25,368 households, and 17,580 families residing in the county. The was 41/km² (106/sq mi). There were 28,646 housing units at an average density of 17/km² (44/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.49%, 1.32% , 0.52% , 0.56% , 0.01% , 0.26% from , and 0.84% from two or more races. or of any race were 1.06% of the population.

There were 25,368 households out of which 33.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.10% were living together, 9.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.70% were non-families. 24.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.90% under the age of 18, 12.00% from 18 to 24, 27.60% from 25 to 44, 23.00% from 45 to 64, and 12.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 96.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $40,184, and the median income for a family was $47,889. Males had a median income of $33,069 versus $25,026 for females. The for the county was $19,105. About 6.30% of families and 9.80% of the population were below the, including 10.50% of those under age 18 and 8.80% of those age 65 or over.

Only the city of Oneida has a population exceeding 10,000. It and the other towns along are suburbs of  and.

Cities, Towns, and Villages

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Note: in this context "" refers to a political subdivision synonymous with rather than a small city.

The towns in southern Madison County originated from the ceeded by the  to the State of New York.

Adjacent counties and areas
is across the southern border. and Counties form the western border. forms a short boundary in the southwest part of Madison County. shares a long northeast border with Madison County. is the northern border with part of on the opposite shore.

Additional Madison County Information
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