MADISON COUNTY 



This county lies in the central part of the state. It has an 

 area of 416,000 acres. It extends from north to south approxi- 

 mately 30 miles and from east to west 23 miles. 



The population is distributed as follows: 



Population by Cities and Townships 



(Census of 1915) 



Oneida (city) 9,461 Lincoln 950 



Brookfkld 2, 330 Madison 1, 836 



Cazenovia 3, 867 Nelson 1, 230 



De Ruyter 1, 267 Smithfield 904 



Eaton 2, 561 Stockbridge 1, 544 



Fenner 836 Sullivan 3, 683 



Georgetown 989 



Hamilton 3, 651 Total 41, 742 



Lebanon 1,116 === 



Lenox* 5, 517 



* YVampsville, in the town of Lenox, is the county seat. 

 Note: Oneida now has a population of 10,500 



HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 



Madison County was formed from Chenango in 1806, and 

 named in honor of President Madison. 



Until after the Revolution it was occupied by the Oneida 

 Indians, a peaceful tribe, friendly to the colonists, and who con- 

 sequently suffered attack from the tribes in league with the British 

 cause. The 'first whites in the county were squatters from the 

 Mohawk valley, who settled on the Oneida Indian reservation in 

 the town of Sullivan in 1790. The following year they removed 

 to the vicinity of Chittenango. A settlement was also made in 

 Brookfield in 1701. Within the next few years various others 

 were established and the county was rapidly filled, principally 

 with people from Xew England, a few being Scotch and Dutch 

 immigrants. 



The first wagon road, opened in 1790, followed the Indian trail 

 from Oneida Castle. This road later became known as the 

 Genesee Turnpike, a famous mail route between Albany and 

 Buffalo. 



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