The Madison County Courthouse is located at 100 Northside Square, Huntsville AL 35801; phone: 532‑3390.
Photo: Phelps-Jones House, circa 1820, located at 6112 Pulaski Pike, Huntsville. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Photographed by user:Chris Pruitt (own work), 2011, [cc-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons, accessed November, 2021.
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Named for President James Madison, the county was established in 1808 by Governor Robert Williams.
It's 800-plus square miles is bounded on the north by Tennessee and on the south by the Tennessee River.
Its county seat, Huntsville, served as a temporary State capital in 1819.
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