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Madison is a city in Madison County, Mississippi, located about 13 miles north of the state capital, Jackson, and it is part of the Jackson metropolitan statistical area.

Madison counted 27,747 residents in the 2020 census, up from 24,149 in 2010, making it the 11th most populous city in Mississippi.

Madison began in 1856 when the Illinois Central Railroad opened Madison Station, the forerunner of the city, and the city is named for James Madison, the fourth president of the United States.

The nearby settlement of Madisonville, on the Natchez Trace stagecoach route, was the first county seat of Madison County in 1828, with a race track, two banks, a wagon factory, and at least one hotel.

Madison Station was largely destroyed in 1863 after the July 18 to 22 siege of Jackson during the Civil War.

In 1897, the Chicago-based Madison Land Company encouraged northerners to move south, offering prime land for as little as 3 dollars an acre, and Madison incorporated as a village, though that charter was later lost when regular elections were not held; the present city dates its establishment to 1988.

In the late 1800s, Madison became known as the Strawberry Capital of the World because of the strawberries harvested and shipped north by train.

In 1950, Madison became the first place in Mississippi to elect women to the offices of mayor, board of aldermen, and town clerk.

Madison is served by the Madison County School District, and it is also home to Madison-Ridgeland Academy, a private high school, and St. Joseph Catholic School.

Madison is bordered to the south by the city of Ridgeland, and after years of court battles it annexed additional territory and expanded its limits greatly in the late 2000s.