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The judicial Madison County was formed on February 2, 1842, from Montgomery County. (Judicial counties were later declared unconstitutional because they had no legislative representation.) Because residents of the northern parts of Walker and Grimes counties lived forty to fifty miles from their county seats, they petitioned the legislature for the establishment of a new county.
The formation of Madison County from Grimes, Walker, and Leon counties was approved on January 27, 1853, and organization followed on August 7, 1854. Kittrell was instrumental in this effort, and became the county's first representative in the legislature. He selected the site for the county seat, which was preferred because of its central location; he named the county and its seat for the nation's fourth president, James Madison.
Settlers in the future Madison County witnessed the Runaway Scrape in 1836, as citizens of Texas rushed toward the Trinity in an effort to escape the advance of Santa Anna. News of the victory at San Jacinto caused them to turn back before many had crossed the river. Madison County, reported to have been "wild and wooly" before and after the Civil War, was referred to as the "Free State of Madison." Between 1854 and 1873 the county lost three courthouses to fire, and in 1967 yet another courthouse burned to the ground. The present building was completed in 1970.
Cities and towns Madisonville Normangee Midway North Zulch
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