Madison - Definition and Overview

• Madison is the name of several places in the United States of America, many of which are named after President James Madison:
  • Madison, Alabama
  • Madison, Arkansas
  • Madison, Connecticut
  • Madison, Florida
  • Madison, Georgia
  • Madison, Illinois
  • Madison, Indiana
  • Madison, Kansas
  • Madison, Minnesota
  • Madison, Mississippi
  • Madison, Missouri
  • Madison, Nebraska
  • Madison, New Hampshire
  • Madison, New Jersey
  • Madison (village), New York
  • Madison (town), New York
  • Madison, North Carolina
  • Madison, Ohio
  • Madison, Pennsylvania
  • Madison, South Dakota
  • Madison, Tennessee
  • Madison, Virginia
  • Madison, West Virginia
  • Madison, Wisconsin
  • Madison Township, Pennsylvania
  • Madison Heights, Michigan
  • Several Madison counties

• The madison is also a track cycling event, named after the Madison Square Garden.

• Madison is the name of a novelty dance.

• It is also the codename for an Itanium 2 processor.

• Madison is also a very popular female given name in the United States. There is a curious story behind this popularity: According to the Social Security Administration, from a virtually non-existent name before 1980 (it was never one of the 1000 most popular baby girl names), Madison rose to being the second most popular name given to female babies in 2002. This phenomenal rise in popularity can perhaps be traced back to the 1984 movie Splash, where Daryl Hannah played a mermaid that adopted the name 'Madison' after seeing a street sign with that name.

People named Madison:

• James Madison

Madison Avenue is a famous street in New York City.

See also

• List of places named for James Madison
• Madisonville (a disambiguation page)

References

• [1] (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A20374-2003Sep16) September 21, 2003 column in the Washington Post lamenting the use of Madison as a female given name.
• Social Security Administration - Popular Baby Names (http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/)