Madison County Courthouse is a historic

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located at

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Madison County, Virginia Madison County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,837. Its county seat is Madison. History Madison County was established in December 1792, created from Culpeper County. The cou ...

. It was built in 1828, and is a two-story, brick temple-form structure. On the facade the ground floor becomes an open arcade four-bays wide and one-bay deep. The gable roof is topped by a tall octagonal domed cupola. The building features a

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in 1969. It is located in the Madison County Courthouse Historic District.

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Madison County Courthouse, U.S. Route 29, Madison, Madison County, VA
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