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Madison, Wisconsin
State capital and city
A view of the skyline of the Madison Isthmus and Lake Mendota from Picnic Point
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Nickname(s): Madtown, Mad City, "The City of Four Lakes"
Location of Madison in Dane County, Wisconsin.
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Coordinates: 43°4′N 89°24′W / 43.067°N 89.400°W / 43.067; -89.400
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Dane
Municipality	City
Founded	1836
Chartered	1846
Incorporated	1856
Named for	James Madison
Government
• Mayor	Satya Rhodes-Conway (D)
• Body	Madison Common Council
Area ^[1]
• City	101.30 sq mi (262.36 km²)
• Land	79.34 sq mi (205.49 km²)
• Water	21.96 sq mi (56.88 km²)
Elevation	873 ft (226 m)
Population (2010)
• City	233,209
• Estimate (2018)	258,054
• Rank	US: 81st
• Density	3,252.55/sq mi (1,255.82/km²)
• Urban	401,661 ¹ (US: 93rd)
• Metro	654,230 (US: 86th)
• CSA	880,520 (US: 61st)
• Demonym	Madisonian
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Zip Codes	ZIP Codes^[2] 53562, 53593, 53701, 53702, 53703, 53704, 53705, 53706, 53707, 53708, 53711, 53713, 53714, 53715, 53716, 53717, 53718, 53719, 53726
Area code	608
FIPS code	55-48000
Website	cityofmadison.com
¹ Urban = 2010 Census

Madison is the capital city of Wisconsin, a state in the United States of America. As of the 2000 census, it had 221,735 people living in it, making it the second largest city in Wisconsin. It is the county seat of Dane County. Madison is also home to the University of Wisconsin.

References[change | change source]

↑ "2018 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Feb 15, 2020.
↑ "ZIP Code Lookup". USPS. Archived from the original on January 1, 2008. Retrieved October 3, 2014.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Dane County, Wisconsin, United States
County seat: Madison
Cities	Edgerton‡ \| Fitchburg \| Madison \| Middleton \| Monona \| Stoughton \| Sun Prairie \| Verona
Villages	Belleville‡ \| Black Earth \| Blue Mounds \| Brooklyn‡ \| Cambridge‡ \| Cottage Grove \| Cross Plains \| Dane \| Deerfield \| De Forest \| Maple Bluff \| Marshall \| Mazomanie \| McFarland \| Mount Horeb \| Oregon \| Rockdale \| Shorewood Hills \| Waunakee
Towns	Albion \| Berry \| Black Earth \| Blooming Grove \| Blue Mounds \| Bristol \| Burke \| Christiana \| Cottage Grove \| Cross Plains \| Dane \| Deerfield \| Dunkirk \| Dunn \| Madison \| Mazomanie \| Medina \| Middleton \| Montrose \| Oregon \| Perry \| Pleasant Springs \| Primrose \| Roxbury \| Rutland \| Springdale \| Springfield \| Sun Prairie \| Vermont \| Verona \| Vienna \| Westport \| Windsor \| York
CDP	Windsor
Unincorporated communities	Albion \| Ashton \| Ashton Corners \| Basco \| Daleyville \| Deansville \| Door Creek \| Dunkirk \| East Bristol \| Elvers \| Five Points \| Forward \| Hanerville \| Hillside \| Hope \| Kegonsa \| Klevenville \| Lake Windsor \| London‡ \| Martinsville \| Marxville \| Middleton Junction \| Montrose \| Morrisonville \| Mount Vernon \| Nora \| North Bristol \| Norway Grove \| Paoli \| Pierceville \| Pine Bluff \| Primrose \| Riley \| Roxbury \| Rutland \| Springfield Corners \| Token Creek \| Utica \| Vilas \| West Middleton \| York Center
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

v t e State of Wisconsin
Madison (capital)
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Society	Demographics Economy Education Politics
Major metropolitan areas (pop. over 500,000)	Chicago metropolitan area Madison metropolitan area Milwaukee metropolitan area Twin Cities metropolitan area
Largest cities (pop. over 50,000)	Appleton Eau Claire Green Bay Janesville Kenosha La Crosse Madison Milwaukee Oshkosh Racine Waukesha West Allis
Smaller cities (pop. 15,000 to 50,000)	Beaver Dam Beloit Cudahy De Pere Fitchburg Fond du Lac Franklin Greenfield Hudson Manitowoc Marshfield Menomonie Oak Creek Oconomowoc River Falls Sheboygan South Milwaukee Stevens Point Superior Watertown Wausau Wauwatosa West Bend Wisconsin Rapids
Counties	Adams Ashland Barron Bayfield Brown Buffalo Burnett Calumet Chippewa Clark Columbia Crawford Dane Dodge Door Douglas Dunn Eau Claire Florence Fond du Lac Forest Grant Green Green Lake Iowa Iron Jackson Jefferson Juneau Kenosha Kewaunee La Crosse Lafayette Langlade Lincoln Manitowoc Marathon Marinette Marquette Menominee Milwaukee Monroe Oconto Oneida Outagamie Ozaukee Pepin Pierce Polk Portage Price Racine Richland Rock Rusk Sauk Sawyer Shawano Sheboygan St. Croix Taylor Trempealeau Vernon Vilas Walworth Washburn Washington Waukesha Waupaca Waushara Winnebago Wood

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