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Madison is a borough in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 16,937,<ref name=Census2020/><ref name=LWD2020/> an increase of 1,092 (+6.9%) from the 2010 census count of 15,845,<ref name=Census2010/><ref name=LWD2010/> which in turn reflected a drop in population of 685 (−4.1%) from the 16,530 counted in the 2000 census.<ref>Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref>

Madison is noted for its historic railroad station. The station is located on the Morris & Essex Lines, which was one of the nation's first commuter railroads. Many wealthy residents of Manhattan relocated to Madison and its surrounding communities since the rail line offered direct transport to New York City. Madison is known as "The Rose City" and was named in honor of President James Madison.<ref name=Thinking>Caldwell, Dave. "Living in Madison, N.J.; A Town Right Out of Central Casting", The New York Times, June 15, 2008. Accessed August 12, 2012. "Madison, named after President James Madison, was nicknamed the Rose City because of a 19th-century rose-growing industry started by wealthy residents drawn to Madison by its location on the Morris & Essex train line."</ref><ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. The Origin of New Jersey Place Names, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 4, 2015.</ref>

Madison was ranked 33rd in Money magazine's ranking of the "Best Places to Live" in 2011, the third-highest ranked location in New Jersey and second-highest in Morris County behind Montville.<ref>"Best Places to Live 2011 – 33. Madison, NJ", CNN. Accessed February 22, 2020.</ref> New Jersey Monthly ranked Madison first in its 2019 rankings of the "Best Places to Live" in New Jersey.<ref>La Gorce, Tamm. "Madison Tops Our 2019 List of Best Places to Live With a strong school system and desirable homes, the historic Morris County borough reaches the pinnacle of our Top Towns chart". New Jersey Monthly, August 27, 2019. Accessed February 22, 2020.</ref>

Madison is a college town that is the home of both Drew University and Fairleigh Dickinson University; Saint Elizabeth University is located in neighboring Convent Station, New Jersey.<ref>Gansberg, Alan L. "Suburban Madison Fears It's Going Urban", The New York Times, September 15, 1974. Accessed October 25, 2021. "While many Madison youngsters attend college, the borough itself is a college town. Drew University, with more than 3,000 students, is situated on Madison Avenue, and part of the campus of the Madison branch of Fairleigh Dickinson University is in the northern part of town."</ref> Madison is also home to the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, one of the largest professional Shakespeare companies in North America.<ref>About Us, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Accessed October 25, 2021.</ref>

HistoryEdit

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Pre-settlementEdit

Native Americans occupied present-day Madison and most of New Jersey for several thousand years, following the retreat of the Wisconsin Glacier. Lenape settlements in present-day Madison were agriculturally-based following matrilineal lines. The protected lands nearby, Jockey Hollow, are what is remaining of the settlement. Occupation changed with the seasons, the variable nature of the climate, and to preserve the fertility of the rich soil. Their fishing and hunting territories were wide-ranging and similarly divided among the three clans of the matrilineal culture in this Eastern Woodland environment. Trade with these native peoples for food and furs was conducted by the Dutch during the period of colonization of New Netherland. Although the European principle of land ownership was not recognized by the Lenape, Dutch West India Company policy required their colonists to purchase land that they settled, but typically, trading relationships were established in this area, rather than Dutch settlements.

18th centuryEdit

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The Presbyterian Church of Madison

During the British colonial period of the 17th and 18th centuries, the earliest settlers arriving in Madison were of European descent in what was then the colonial-era Province of New Jersey. Traditional native trails and pathways were followed as settlement began. Pressures upon the Lenape constantly drove them westward.

In or around 1715, Bottle Hill, a village, was established at the crossing of Ridgedale Avenue and Kings Road. Village governance principles followed the British model. The Luke Miller house at 105 Ridgedale Avenue is thought to be the oldest remaining home, having been built around 1730.<ref>Fillimon, Chris. "Who was Luke Miller?", The Luke Miller House. Accessed August 13, 2013. "The Luke Miller House (also referred to as Miller's Station) is considered the oldest existing home in Madison. It was built between 1730 and 1750, by Luke Miller's grandfather, Andrew Miller"</ref> During British colonial rule, Kings Road was a toll road that assessed fees levied by the government appointed by the English king. Farther south was the Shunpike, a road with a parallel path that was used by colonists to avoid the fees.<ref>Morris County Street Histories, Morris County, New Jersey Planning & Development. Accessed August 13, 2013. "The name 'Shunpike' is a contraction of the phrase 'Shun the Pike' meaning an alternate route to avoid payment on toll roads a.k.a. 'Pikes'."</ref>

In 1739, Morris County, New Jersey was founded and was divided into three townships. The portion of the village north of Kings Road was put under the governance of Hanover Township and the portion to the south, under the governance of Morris Township. A meeting house for the Presbyterian Church of South Hanover, as Madison was then called, was started in 1747 where the Presbyterian Cemetery still exists between Kings Road and Madison Avenue. With the Treaty of Easton in 1758, the Lenape were required to vacate their lands in colonial New Jersey and to move westward. Their leaders allied with the colonists during the American Revolutionary War in hopes of regaining former lands, but those hopes were never realized.

Following the American Revolution, changes to governing the former colonies occurred gradually as the new nation organized. The state of New Jersey formed its government and debated best policies.

19th centuryEdit

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Madison station prior to 1916
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Downtown Madison

During a reorganization of Morris County in 1806, Chatham Township was established and included all of present-day Chatham Township and the three pre-Revolutionary War villages of Chatham, Florham Park, and Madison, which were still governed by Chatham Township, and ended the governmental division of Bottle Hill.Template:Citation needed

In 1834, the name of the settlement was changed to Madison.<ref>Staff. "Jersey Borough 100 Years Old.", The New York Times, August 31, 1934. Accessed July 19, 2011. "Flags were flying today in Madison as the borough celebrated the 100th anniversary of the day on which its name was changed from Bottle Hill to Madison. Protests of citizens who thought the original name intemperate occasioned the change in 1834."</ref> As a tribute to the name every year there is a fair that is called Bottle Hill Day.

In 1838, the Morris and Essex Railroad was founded, connecting Newark and Hoboken and providing transportation for farm produce grown in Madison. The railroad made possible the establishment of a flourishing rose growing industry, still commemorated in Madison's nickname, The Rose City.<ref>Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey Template:Webarchive. Accessed April 12, 2007. "Once the hub of America's rose-growing industry, Madison earned the nickname "The Rose City" in the mid-19th century."</ref> The rail service connected the commerce to the markets of Manhattan. Madison's growth accelerated after the Civil War and the Morris and Essex Lines became one of America's first commuter railroads, attracting well-to-do families from Manhattan (many of whom already owned large parcels land in the area for farming, hunting, and recreation) and contributing to the development of "Millionaire's Row", which stretched from downtown Madison to downtown Morristown. Greenhouses dotted the countryside. Talented horticulturalists were attracted to the area for employment at the many wealthy estates in the immediate area and to establish related businesses. One of the first grand houses to be built on "Millionaire's Row" was the Ross Estate.Template:Citation needed In 1893, Florence Adele Vanderbilt and her husband Hamilton McKown Twombly began to build the impressive Florham estate. The estate name is a portmanteau of their first names, Florence and Hamilton.<ref>"Florham Park", FDU Magazine, Fall / Winter 2001. Accessed January 15, 2025. "Quickly earning the affection of the locals, the aristocracy became part of the fabric of Florham Park, and the borough eventually adopted the name that Florence Vanderbilt and Hamilton Twombly gave to their summer estate (Florham, a combination of portions of their first names), which spanned close to 200 acres almost entirely in Florham Park."</ref> Home to Fairleigh Dickinson University, Florham is a Gilded Age mansion and the 9th largest house in the United States.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

On December 27, 1889, based on the results of a referendum passed on December 24, 1889, the village seceded from Chatham Township and adopted the newly created, borough government (when it first became available), to develop a local water supply system for its population of 3,250. Madison annexed additional portions of Chatham Township in 1891, and again each year from 1894 to 1898, which was followed by an exchange of certain lands in 1899 with Chatham Township.<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606–1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 194. Accessed May 29, 2024.</ref><ref>Historical Timeline of Morris County Boundaries Template:Webarchive, Morris County Library. Accessed December 24, 2016. "1889, December 27. Madison Borough is established from Chatham Township."</ref>

Madison's historic railroad station was funded by the community, which passed an ordinance authorizing $159,000 for railroad improvement bonds. The result, with the cooperation of the D.L. & W.R.R. in the planning, was completed in 1916. The tracks were elevated through the downtown so that no established roadways were hindered by crossing delays. Mrs. D. Willis James financed much of the road grading caused by the elevation of the tracks. The station included baggage and cargo facilities readily accessible by wagon, as well as the stationmaster offices, a newsstand, and waiting facilities featuring extensive banks of high-backed wooden seating. Weeping mulberry trees were planted among the landscaping and in natural areas in the parking area.Template:Citation needed

The rose industry and the large estates in the area attracted working-class people of all kinds. As a result, Madison developed a diverse population very early, both in terms of socioeconomic status and ethnic background. The original settlers were of British stock; French settlers came after the American Revolution; African Americans have been members of the community from early in the nineteenth century; Irish came in the mid-nineteenth century; and then Germans and Italians arrived around the turn of the twentieth century. To this day there is a substantial population of Italian descent in Madison. Madison remains a diverse community, with recent newcomers arriving from Central America, South America, and Asia. Madison is a railroad suburb of New York City.Template:Citation needed

20th centuryEdit

The Evergreen Cemetery was mentioned in Weird NJ for an incident in 1902, when after a downpour, bodies were found on the streets.<ref>"The Hillside Cemetery Spill of 1902", Weird NJ. Accessed May 14, 2013. "A torrential downpour in August of 1902 caused the Spring Garden Brook in Madison to overflow, having enough momentum to break up the drainage ditches the flash flood ran through Hillside Cemetery on Main Street and washed out 59 graves."</ref>

GeographyEdit

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 4.33 square miles (11.20 km2), including 4.31 square miles (11.17 km2) of land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2) of water (0.30%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 /> Madison is located about Template:Convert west of downtown Manhattan, and is a suburban town of New York City.<ref name=Thinking/>

Madison borders the Morris County municipalities of Chatham Borough to the east, Chatham Township to the south, Harding Township and Morris Township to the west and Florham Park to the north.<ref>Areas touching Madison, MapIt. Accessed February 26, 2020.</ref><ref>Morris County Municipalities Map, Morris County, New Jersey Department of Planning and Preservation. Accessed February 25, 2020.</ref><ref>New Jersey Municipal Boundaries, New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>

Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the borough include Brooklake Park, East Madison and North Park.<ref>Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed May 1, 2015.</ref>

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DemographicsEdit

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2020 censusEdit

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 16,937 people, 5,745 households, and 3,931 families residing in the borough. The population density was Template:Convert.<ref name=Census2020/>

2010 censusEdit

The 2010 United States census counted 15,845 people, 5,485 households, and 3,675 families in the borough. The population density was 3,767.9 per square mile (1,454.8/km2). There were 5,775 housing units at an average density of 1,373.3 per square mile (530.2/km2). The racial makeup was 86.75% (13,746) White, 2.96% (469) Black or African American, 0.12% (19) Native American, 5.51% (873) Asian, 0.01% (2) Pacific Islander, 2.34% (371) from other races, and 2.30% (365) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.87% (1,406) of the population.<ref name=Census2010/>

Of the 5,485 households, 34.5% had children under the age of 18; 56.0% were married couples living together; 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present and 33.0% were non-families. Of all households, 27.2% were made up of individuals and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.19.<ref name=Census2010/>

23.7% of the population were under the age of 18, 13.6% from 18 to 24, 23.7% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.0 years. For every 100 females, the population had 89.9 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 85.3 males.<ref name=Census2010/>

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $106,070 (with a margin of error of +/− $8,499) and the median family income was $139,886 (+/− $18,117). Males had a median income of $100,289 (+/− $12,722) versus $64,684 (+/− $10,127) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $54,518 (+/− $4,561). About 1.1% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.6% of those under age 18 and 2.7% of those age 65 or over.<ref>DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006–2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Madison borough, Morris County, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed August 12, 2012.</ref>

2000 censusEdit

As of the 2000 United States census<ref name="GR2" /> there were 16,530 people, 5,520 households, and 3,786 families. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 5,641 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the population was 89.69% White, 3.00% African American, 0.13% Native American, 3.77% Asian, 0.23% Pacific Islander, 1.55% from other races, and 1.63% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.97% of the population.<ref name=Census2000>Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Madison borough, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed August 12, 2012.</ref><ref name=Census2000SF1>DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 – Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Madison borough, Morris County, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed August 12, 2012.</ref>

There were 5,520 households, out of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.6% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.4% were non-families. 25.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.05.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

The age distribution of the population shows 20.6% under the age of 18, 17.6% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.7 males.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

The median income for a household was $82,847 and the median income for a family was $101,798. Males had a median income of $62,303 versus $42,097 for females. The per capita income was $38,416. About 2.0% of families and 3.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.8% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

EconomyEdit

Madison's downtown is supported by the Madison Downtown Development Commission and a downtown manager. Many historical buildings remain in the community. The Madison Civic Commercial Historic District, which includes much of "downtown" as well as the borough hall and the train station, is listed on the State Register of Historic Places. The borough hall was donated to the community by Geraldine R. Dodge and Marcellus Hartley Dodge Sr. as a memorial to their son who died in an automobile crash shortly after his graduation from Princeton University. Commercial vacancy rates are low. In recent years Madison has become noted for the number and quality of its restaurants.

Giralda Farms, a planned office development, occupies Template:Convert of the former Geraldine R. Dodge estate in Madison The site includes the corporate headquarters of Quest Diagnostics.<ref>Contact us, Quest Diagnostics. Accessed August 13, 2013.</ref> Covering Template:Convert, the site requires that all parking be underground and that 85% of the land be undeveloped.<ref>Open Space and Recreation Plan Update – 2009 Template:Webarchive, Borough of Madison. Accessed August 13, 2013. "Giralda Farms is the largest and made up of six parcels that total 181 acres. Giralda Farms is the former estate of Geraldine R. Dodge. After her death, she left $85 million to establish the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. Development regulations on the Giralda Farms property require that 85% of the land be maintained for open space purposes. Additionally, almost all vehicle parking is to remain underground."</ref>

Arts and cultureEdit

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Museum of Early Trades and Crafts

Madison holds an annual event, Bottle Hill Day, during which the community is able to celebrate with games, food, music, and a variety of activities for as many as 20,000 participants.<ref>"'Bottle Hill Day' will return to Madison this Saturday, Oct. 1", New Jersey Hills, September 26, 2016. Accessed November 12, 2016. "The 'Bottle Hill Day' street fair, an annual attraction for more than 30 years, will return to downtown Madison from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 1, courtesy of the borough's Downtown Development Commission (DDC), drawing 10,000 to 20,000 visitors and filling the business district with live music on four stages, food, amusements, sidewalk sales, more than 200 vendors, local craftspeople, displays by community groups, a Beer Garden and more in an all-day event free and open to the public – and capped by an evening fireworks display at Drew University."</ref>

Madison is home to the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, one of 25 professional theatres in the state. Serving 100,000 adults and children annually, it is New Jersey's only professional theatre company dedicated to Shakespeare's canon and other classic masterworks.<ref>Mission & History, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Accessed November 28, 2017.</ref> The F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, the company's main stage, is a short walk from Madison's downtown shopping district.<ref>Historic Madison, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Accessed November 10, 2019. "The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey is located in the charming town of Madison.... The vibrant downtown is comprised of unique shops, tree-lined streets, art galleries and more than 40 restaurants and eateries-all within a ten-minute walk from the Theatre's Main Stage."</ref>

Madison is also home to the Museum of Early Trades and Crafts, a New Jersey history museum located in the historic downtown district. The building is listed on both the state and national registers of historic buildings. The museum houses a collection of more than 8,000 artifacts and is host to thousands of visitors each year, mostly school students on field trips.<ref>Home Page, Museum of Early Trades and Crafts. Accessed August 27, 2020.</ref>

In October 2017, it was announced that a long-lost sculpture by Auguste Rodin had been found in the Hartley Dodge Memorial. A student from Drew University, who had been hired to archive the art in the building, discovered the bust of Napoleon and reached out to the Comité Auguste Rodin in Paris to have it authenticated.<ref>"A Rodin Hiding in Plain Sight in a New Jersey Suburb", The New York Times, October 20, 2017. Accessed June 15, 2018.</ref> A public viewing was held for locals before the statue was loaned to the Philadelphia Museum of Art.<ref>"Surprise of Rodin sculpture in Madison thrills even world travelers", Daily Record, October 21, 2017. Accessed June 15, 2018.</ref> In 2023, a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, researched by the same Drew student, was placed on loan to the National Portrait Gallery.<ref>"Drew University Alum Uncovers Provenance of Lincoln Portrait in Madison", Drew University, February 2023. Accessed January 29, 2025. "The backstory: In 1927, Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge commissioned the building of Madison’s town hall, eventually finished in 1932 and dedicated as the Hartley Dodge Memorial in 1935 in honor of her late son Marcellus Hartley Dodge Jr., who’d died in a car accident in France during the years the structure was being built. Dodge filled the building with art and furniture with ties to American history. A portrait of Lincoln she’d received from her brother’s estate was a natural fit, and Mortillaro knew it. After establishing the work’s history and authenticity, the U.S. government finally got its wish via a five-year loan from the Hartley Dodge Foundation."</ref>

GovernmentEdit

Local governmentEdit

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Hartley Dodge Memorial, donated by Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge, houses Madison's local government seat and faces the railroad station.

Madison is governed under the borough form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey.<ref>Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey Template:Webarchive, Rutgers University Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The governing body is comprised of the mayor and the borough council, with all positions elected at-large on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. The Mayor of Madison is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The borough council includes six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle.<ref name=DataBook>2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 94.</ref> The borough form of government used by Madison, the most common system used in the state, is a "weak mayor / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie. The mayor can veto ordinances subject to an override by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council.<ref>Cerra, Michael F. "Forms of Government: Everything You've Always Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask" Template:Webarchive, New Jersey State League of Municipalities. Accessed November 30, 2014.</ref><ref>"Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey" Template:Webarchive, p. 6. Rutgers University Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref>

The Madison Municipal Building is the location since 1935 of a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, attributed to German immigrant artist W.F.K. Travers, painted from life in 1865. The painting, one of three known full-length paintings of Lincoln, is Template:Convert high,<ref>Widmer, Ted. "A rare painting of Lincoln restores the emancipator to his full height", The Washington Post, February 18, 2022. Accessed February 22, 2022. "Eventually, it was bought by one Rockefeller, then acquired by another, Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge, who installed it in a building she donated to the town of Madison, N.J., in memory of her son. That building, dedicated in 1935, became the borough hall and a shrine to local democracy."</ref> and was loaned to the National Portrait Gallery in February 2023<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> until December 2027.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Template:As of, the mayor of Madison is Democrat Robert H. Conley, whose term of office ends December 31, 2027. Members of the borough council are Council President Rachel F. Ehrlich (D, 2025), John Forte (D, 2026), Thomas Haralampoudis (D, 2025), Melissa Honohan (D, 2027), Robert E. Landrigan (D, 2026) and Eric Range (D, 2027).<ref name=MayorCouncil>Mayor and Council, Borough of Madison. Accessed April 26, 2023.</ref>

Mayors of MadisonEdit

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James Preston Albright January 14, 1890 December 31, 1905
Calvin Anderson January 1, 1906 December 31, 1907
William F. Redmond January 1, 1908 December 31, 1909
Calvin Anderson January 1, 1910 May 6, 1910
George W. Downs July 25, 1910 December 31, 1913
Benyew D. Philhower January 1, 1914 December 31, 1915
Otto Ross January 1, 1916 December 31, 1919
William A. Starrett January 1, 1920 December 31, 1921
Edward D. Merikle January 1, 1922 December 31, 1923
John E. Clarey January 1, 1922 December 31, 1923
Harry A. Crane May 12, 1924 December 31, 1924
Frank A. Cook January 1, 1925 December 31, 1927
Frank F. Gibney January 1, 1928 December 31, 1929
Walter F. Speir January 1, 1930 December 31, 1931
Frank A. Cook January 1, 1932 December 31, 1933
Alan H. Brown January 1, 1934 December 31, 1935
Wilson S. Morris January 1, 1936 December 31, 1937
Samuel A. Gruver January 1, 1938 June 29, 1945
Norman J. Griffiths June 29, 1945 December 31, 1951
Donald A. Morrison January 1, 1952 December 31, 1953
Alfred P. Smith Jr. January 1, 1954 December 31, 1955
Thomas T. Taber January 1, 1956 December 31, 1959
Earl J. Reddert January 1, 1960 December 31, 1965
William G. Nordling January 1, 1966 December 31, 1971
Glen O. Head January 1, 1972 December 31, 1975
Roger B. Vernon January 1, 1976 December 31, 1979
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Federal, state, and county representationEdit

Madison is located in the 11th Congressional District<ref name=PCR2012>Plan Components Report, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref> and is part of New Jersey's 25th state legislative district.<ref>Districts by Number for 2023-2031, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed September 18, 2023.</ref>

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PoliticsEdit

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As of March 2011, there were a total of 9,769 registered voters in Madison, of which 2,577 (26.4%) were registered as Democrats, 3,312 (33.9%) were registered as Republicans and 3,869 (39.6%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 11 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens.<ref>Voter Registration Summary – Morris, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed December 18, 2012.</ref>

In the 2024 presidential election, Democrat Kamala Harris received 60.8% of the vote (5,378 cast), ahead of Republican Donald Trump with 37.4% (3,309 votes), and other candidates with 1.9% (165 votes), among the 8,993 ballots cast cast by the borough's 12,442 registered voters, for a turnout of 72.0%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the 2020 presidential election, Democrat Joe Biden received 62.6% of votes cast (5,838 cast), ahead of Republican Donald Trump with 35.8% (3,340 votes), and other candidates with 1.6% (148 votes), among the 9,503 ballots cast cast by the borough's 12,284 registered voters, for a turnout of 77.0%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the 2016 presidential election, Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton received 55.0% of the vote (4,421 cast), ahead of Republican Donald Trump with 37.1% (2,980 votes), and other candidates with 4.5% (359 votes), among the 8,032 ballots cast by the borough's 11,073 registered voters, for a turnout of 73.0%.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the 2012 presidential election, Republican Mitt Romney received 50.3% of the vote (3,715 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 48.6% (3,589 votes), and other candidates with 1.0% (76 votes), among the 7,416 ballots cast by the borough's 10,438 registered voters (36 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 71.0%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=2012VoterReg>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 65.2% of the vote (3,051 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 33.0% (1,544 votes), and other candidates with 1.8% (83 votes), among the 4,778 ballots cast by the borough's 10,249 registered voters (100 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 46.6%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=2013VoterReg>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

EducationEdit

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The YMCA building in Madison

Public schoolsEdit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The Madison Public Schools serve students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade.<ref>Madison Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Madison Public Schools, readopted November 19, 2024. Accessed January 29, 2025 "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Kindergarten through twelfth in the Madison School District. Composition: The Madison School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Madison Borough."</ref> As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of five schools, had an enrollment of 2,485 students and 225.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0:1.<ref name=NCES>District information for Madison Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2023–24 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics<ref>School Data for the Madison Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 29, 2025.</ref>) are Central Avenue School<ref>Central Avenue School, Madison Public Schools. Accessed April 29, 2020.</ref> with 498 students in grades PreK–5, Kings Road School<ref>Kings Road School, Madison Public Schools. Accessed April 29, 2020.</ref> with 292 students in grades K–5, Torey J. Sabatini School<ref>Torey J. Sabatini School, Madison Public Schools. Accessed April 29, 2020.</ref> with 292 students in grades K–5, Madison Junior School<ref>Madison Junior School, Madison Public Schools. Accessed April 29, 2020.</ref> with 557 students in grades 6–8 and Madison High School<ref>Madison High School, Madison Public Schools. Accessed April 29, 2020.</ref> with 816 students in grades 9–12.<ref name=Profile>District Profile, Madison Public Schools. Accessed April 29, 2020. "Elementary students attend one of three neighborhood schools: Kings Road School, Central Avenue School, or Torey J. Sabatini School. Early adolescents attend the Madison Junior School, and high school students attend Madison High School. The district maintains a receiving relationship with the neighboring community of Harding, whereby its high school students attend Madison High School."</ref><ref name=Contacts>Administration Contact Information, Madison Public Schools. Accessed January 29, 2025.</ref><ref>School Performance Reports for the Madison Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.</ref><ref>New Jersey School Directory for the Madison Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> Students from Harding Township attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Harding Township School District.<ref>Madison High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 29, 2016. "Madison High School also enjoys the benefits of our sending-receiving relationship with Harding Township, a nearby K–8 school district. Students from Harding and Madison become a cohesive class in their four years together."</ref>

Private schoolsEdit

St. Vincent Martyr School (SVMS) is a Catholic parochial school, established in 1848, that serves students in grades Pre-K–3 through eight, operated under the auspices of the Saint Vincent Parish and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson.<ref>HistoryTemplate:Dead link, St. Vincent Martyr School. Accessed September 4, 2015. "St. Vincent Martyr School, established in 1848, was originally located in the basement of a church on Ridgedale Avenue and then in 1866 was moved to a new structure on Park Avenue."</ref><ref>Morris County, Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson Catholic Schools Office. Accessed September 4, 2015.</ref> SVMS is a recipient of the No Child Left Behind National Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence for 2005–2006.<ref>Schools selected as No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools in 2005, United States Department of Education. Accessed May 2, 2006.</ref> Rainbow Montessori School, founded in 1981, is a Montessori school teaching children in Pre-K and kindergarten.<ref>About Us, Rainbow Montessori School. Accessed October 25, 2021.</ref>

Higher educationEdit

Seton Hall College (now Seton Hall University) was established in Madison in 1856 and relocated to its location in South Orange, New Jersey, in the late 19th century.<ref>Delozier, Alan. "Seton Hall University — A History in Brief (1856–2006)", Seton Hall University. Accessed August 12, 2012. "This new school was first located in Madison, New Jersey, and commenced operations on September 1, 1856."</ref>

Drew University was founded in 1867 and continues to operate in Madison, on a wooded campus near downtown that was previously a private residence.<ref>History, Drew University. Accessed August 12, 2012.</ref>

Fairleigh Dickinson University's Florham Campus is located in Madison on the former Twombly estate.<ref>About the College at Florham Template:Webarchive, Fairleigh Dickinson University. Accessed August 12, 2012.</ref>

Landmark Conference, an NCAA Division III conference, is based in Madison.

Saint Elizabeth University is located just outside Madison, in Convent Station in Morris Township.

TransportationEdit

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Route 24 eastbound in Madison

Roads and highwaysEdit

Template:As of, the borough had a total of Template:Convert of roadways, of which Template:Convert were maintained by the municipality, Template:Convert by Morris County and Template:Convert by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.<ref>Morris County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction, New Jersey Department of Transportation, May 2010. Accessed July 18, 2014.</ref>

The main thoroughfare is Route 124 which connects with Morris Township in the northwest and Chatham Borough to the southeast.<ref>New Jersey Route 124 Straight Line Diagram, New Jersey Department of Transportation, May 2015. Accessed July 5, 2016.</ref>

Route 24 is the only limited access road to pass through the borough, doing so briefly for Template:Convert, but the closest exit is in neighboring Florham Park.<ref>New Jersey Route 24 Straight Line Diagram, New Jersey Department of Transportation, May 2015. Accessed July 5, 2016.</ref>

Public transportationEdit

NJ Transit provides trains service at the Madison station.<ref>Madison Station, NJ Transit. Accessed April 26, 2023.</ref> Commuter service is available on the Morristown Line, with trains heading to Hoboken Terminal, and to Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan via the Kearny Connection.<ref>Morris and Essex Line schedule, NJ Transit, updated April 23, 2023. Accessed April 26, 2023.</ref>

NJ Transit provides local bus service on the 873 route,<ref>Riding the Bus, Morris County, New Jersey. Accessed April 26, 2023.</ref><ref>Morris County System Map Template:Webarchive, NJ Transit. Accessed August 8, 2015.</ref> replacing service that had been offered on the MCM3 until subsidies to the local providers were eliminated in 2010 as part of budget cuts.<ref>Morris County Bus / rail Connections, NJ Transit, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 22, 2009. Accessed August 12, 2012.</ref><ref>NJ Transit Restructures Morris County Bus ServicE; Four current 'MCM' routes will be expanded to six new bus routes Template:Webarchive, NJ Transit, September 13, 2010. Accessed August 8, 2015.</ref>

Madison also has a private commuter bus line run by Boxcar Transit that operates five days a week, running directly to and from Midtown Manhattan.<ref>New Jersey commuter routes, Boxcar. Accessed April 26, 2023.</ref>

A low-cost campus/downtown shuttle bus operates along Madison Avenue and Main Street during afternoon and evening hours.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Sister citiesEdit

Madison has three sister cities:

  • Template:Flagicon Issy-les-Moulineaux, France<ref>"Rose designed by 'Mr. Madison' eyed as borough's official flag", New Jersey Hills, September 6, 2001. Accessed August 19, 2020. "At the council's Aug. 27 work session, the mayor explained his request by recalling that a group of students and adults from Madison's French 'sister city,' Issy-les-Moulineaux, paid the borough an impromptu visit in late July during an East Coast tour, with plans to see Drew University, the Museum of Early Trades and Crafts, and the Hartley Dodge Memorial building, Madison's borough hall on Kings Road. The 'sister city' relationship between Issy-les-Moulineaux and Madison was forged during a technology conference in Paris in late 1998, attended by Councilman Ellwood 'Woody' Kerkeslager and then-Mayor Gary Ruckelshaus."</ref>
  • Template:Flagicon Marigliano, Italy<ref>Meeting Minutes for February 12, 2007, Borough of Madison. Accessed March 20, 2020. "Resolution of the Borough Of Madison Establishing A Sister City Relationship With Marigliano, Italy"</ref>
  • Template:Flagicon Madison, Connecticut, United States<ref>Meeting Minutes for August 11, 2008, Borough of Madison. Accessed March 20, 2020. "Sister City: Mayor Holden visited Madison, Connecticut, this week and they send their regards back here; some of the people recalled very fondly their trip down here to Madison when the James Madison statue was installed at Waverly Place. We are hoping to reignite our sister-city relationship with them."</ref>

Points of interestEdit

Film and televisionEdit

Notable peopleEdit

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