Madison County County

Established February 18, 1913 with its county seat at Rexburg. Named for President James Madison, the fourth president of the United States. First settlers in the county were Mormon families from Utah, who built the first irrigation system.

Mapped Location

Madison County: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Madison County

  • Feature Type: County
  • County Seat: City of Rexburg
  • Established: Tuesday, February 18, 1913

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Madison County

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Madison County Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Madison County

References to Madison County that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography

MADISON.—Named for President Madison. The county seat is Rexburg, named for Thomas Ricks, a local authority of the Mormon Church, and is a corruption of Ricksburg.

John E. Rees, B. Sc. in Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography
Rees, John E., Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography, 1918 W.B. Conkey Company, pp. 68  |  Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography

 

Related Catalog Titles

A Bibliography for Madison County, County

Rexburg, Idaho the first one hundred years, 1883-1983 by David L. Crowder

Title Cover Image

ix, 324 pages, 56 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

CIRC [ 1 ]
History · 1st Edition · D.L. Crowder, Rexburg, Idaho, c1983
Related Catalog Items: Madison County · City of Rexburg

 


 

Madison County

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2016-11-28