Madison is a

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. Madison's ZIP Code is 95653 and its

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. It is located west of

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, at an elevation of 151 feet (46 m). The 2020 United States census reported Madison's population was 581.

History

The Cache Creek post office opened in 1852, moved, and changed its name to Madison in 1877. The name was bestowed by Daniel Bradley Hulbert after his hometown,

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. The townsite was laid out and named "Madison" in 1877 when the railroad, the Vaca Valley and Clear Lake Railroad, reached that spot, as the terminus, after expanding north from Winters. The Cache Creek Post Office had been located in the settlement of Cottonwood, approximately one mile south of Madison. Many of Cottonwood's structures were then moved to Madison, as Cottonwood did not have a railroad stop. Madison was first featured on the map in 1951.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP covers an area of 1.546 square miles (4.004 km), all of it land.

Demographics

The 2020 United States census reported that Madison had a population of 581. The population density was . The racial makeup of Madison was 159 (27.4%)

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, 2 (0.3%)

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, 15 (2.6%) Native American, 5 (0.9%) Asian, 3 (0.5%)

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, 209 (36.0%) from other races, and 188 (32.4%) from two or more races.

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of any race were 512 persons (88.1%). The census reported that 580 people (99.8% of the population) lived in households, 1 person (0.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized. There were 151 households, out of which 69 (45.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 98 (64.9%) were married-couple households, 11 (7.3%) were

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couple households, 27 (17.9%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 15 (9.9%) had a male householder with no partner present. 17 households (11.3%) were one person, and 12 (7.9%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.84. There were 121

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(80.1% of all households). The age distribution was 173 people (29.8%) under the age of 18, 71 people (12.2%) aged 18 to 24, 128 people (22.0%) aged 25 to 44, 134 people (23.1%) aged 45 to 64, and 75 people (12.9%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 31.8years. For every 100 females, there were 113.6 males. There were 159 housing units at an average density of , of which 151 (95.0%) were occupied. Of these, 108 (71.5%) were owner-occupied, and 43 (28.5%) were occupied by renters.

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* {{authority control Census-designated places in Yolo County, California Census-designated places in California