Madison County, Kentucky
| Madison County, Kentucky | |
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Madison County courthouse in Richmond
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 Location in the U.S. state of Kentucky |
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 Kentucky's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | December 15, 1785 |
| Named for | James Madison |
| Seat | Richmond |
| Largest city | Richmond |
| Area | |
| • Total | 443 sq mi (1,147 km2) |
| • Land | 437 sq mi (1,132 km2) |
| • Water | 6.0 sq mi (16 km2), 1.3% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 82,916 |
| • Density | 190/sq mi (73/km²) |
| Congressional district | 6th |
| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 |
| Website | www |
Madison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 82,916. Its county seat is Richmond. The county is named for Virginia James Madison, who later became the fourth President of the United States.
Madison County is part of the Richmond-Berea, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Lexington-Fayette-Richmond-Frankfort, KY Combined Statistical Area.
It is considered a moist county, meaning that although the county prohibits the sale of alcoholic beverages (and is thus a dry county), it contains a city where retail alcohol sales are allowed. Nevertheless, two of Richmond's 19 precincts are dry. Alcohol can also be sold by the drink in Berea and at Arlington and The Bull golf clubs.
Madison County is home to Eastern Kentucky University, Berea College, Boone Tavern, and Bybee Pottery,(closed February 2011) one of the oldest pottery operations in the United States. This is also where famous pioneer Daniel Boone lived and built Fort Boonesborough, now a state historic site.
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