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CITY OF MADISON - frontier newtown or madison courthouse

CITY OF MADISON - frontier newtown or madison courthouse is a Florida historical marker in Madison, Madison County, dedicated 1972.

South Rutledge at South Horry on City Hall grounds, Madison

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Madison was founded on land secured from Madison C. Livingston, May 2, 1838, and established as the county seat after its removal from San Pedro. An early political center, it was along the escape route of Confederate Secretary of War John C. Breckenridge in 1865. The town played a prominent role in the development of tobacco, livestock raising, and conservation in North Florida. Home of the North Florida Junior College, the area's economy is based on agriculture and industry.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1831 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1835 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1836 · Georgia Pocket Map (Mitchell, 1836) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1837 · Southern States. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1842 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Southern States, 1837, covering the location of CITY OF MADISON - frontier newtown or madison courthouse, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Southern States, 1837, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Florida Historical Marker Program, Division of Historical Resources, Florida Department of State

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