Madison, Indiana

Madison, Indiana
City
Jefferson County Courthouse in Madison
Flag Seal
Nickname(s):  "Madtown", "Princess of the Rivers"
Motto:  "America's Hometown"
Location of Madison in Jefferson County, Indiana
Coordinates: 38°45′30″N 85°23′50″W / 38.75833°N 85.39722°W / 38.75833; -85.39722
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Jefferson
Township	Madison
Government
• Type	Mayor-council government
• Mayor	Bob Courtney (R)[1]
Area [2]
• City	8.92 sq mi (23.09 km2)
• Land	8.64 sq mi (22.38 km2)
• Water	0.28 sq mi (0.71 km2)  3.05%
Elevation [3]	866 ft (264 m)
Population  (2020)
• City	12,357
• Density	1,430.21/sq mi (552.23/km2)
• Metro	32,428
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	47250
Area code	812
FIPS code	18-45990[4]
GNIS feature ID	2395805[3]
Website	madison-in.gov

Madison is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Indiana, United States,^[5] along the Ohio River. As of the 2010 United States Census its population was 11,967.^[6][7] Over 55,000 people live within 15 miles (24 km) of downtown Madison. Madison is the largest city along the Ohio River between Louisville and Cincinnati. Madison is one of the core cities of the Louisville-Elizabethtown-Madison metroplex, an area with a population of approximately 1.5 million. In 2006, the majority of Madison's downtown area was designated a National Historic Landmark—133 blocks of the downtown area is known as the Madison Historic Landmark District.