Madison County, Texas

38 topographic sheets cover 16 settlements here, and 1 property is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

1 National Register listing published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Texas within the United States

Madison County within Texas

What the record shows

158 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
1 property here is on the National Register of Historic Places, listed as a building.
The Geographic Names Information System records 16 populated places in this county; 16 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph	Property	Type	Listed	Reference
	Shapira Hotel	building	1980	80004140

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.

Land ownership map, 1879 - Map of Madison County, Texas — Land ownership map (1879) - Map of Madison County, Texas. Library of Congress.

The county from the air

48 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 1,122 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 48 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-12-11, scale 1:69000 — 1952-12-11, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-04-19, scale 1:69000 — 1953-04-19, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-03-14, scale 1:17000 — 1958-03-14, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-03-20, scale 1:17400 — 1960-03-20, scale 1:17400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-09-18, scale 1:17200 — 1961-09-18, scale 1:17200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-02-13, scale 1:17000 — 1963-02-13, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-09, scale 1:18400 — 1964-02-09, scale 1:18400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-10-01, scale 1:123695 — 1969-10-01, scale 1:123695. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-10-01, scale 1:123687 — 1969-10-01, scale 1:123687. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-10-10, scale 1:120992 — 1970-10-10, scale 1:120992. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-10-10, scale 1:118313 — 1970-10-10, scale 1:118313. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-11-20, scale 1:121009 — 1971-11-20, scale 1:121009. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-11-20, scale 1:122273 — 1971-11-20, scale 1:122273. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-03-17, scale 1:27200 — 1972-03-17, scale 1:27200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-05-04, scale 1:41368 — 1973-05-04, scale 1:41368. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-05-04, scale 1:41749 — 1973-05-04, scale 1:41749. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-12-04, scale 1:80000 — 1978-12-04, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

4 stations, 1 gage

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

MADISONVILLE 1918 to 2026, hottest 44.4 C, coldest -18.9 C
MIDWAY 4 NE 1978 to 2015
BRYAN 17 NE 1996
MADISONVILLE 3.5 S 2009 to 2018

Trinity Rv nr Midway, TX 2025 to 2026

The 1950 census, district by district

16 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

157-1Justice Precinct 1: Madisonville city: Madisonville city - That part north of Main
157-2Justice Precinct 1: Madisonville city - That part south of Main
157-3Justice Precinct 1 - That part north of State Highway 21 and east of U.S. Highway 75, outside Madisonville city
157-4Justice Precinct 1 - That part west of U.S. Highway 75 and north of Mecca - Madisonville Rd., outside Madisonville city
157-5Justice Precinct 1 - That part south of Mecca - Madisonville Rd. and west of State Highway 90, outside Madisonville city
157-6Justice Precinct 1 - That part south of State Highway 21 and east of State Highway 90, outside Madisonville city
157-7Justice Precinct 2: Justice Precinct 2 - That part southeast of State Highway 21 and east of Midway - Hopewell Rd., excluding Ferguson State Prison Farm
157-8Ferguson State Prison Farm (In Justice Precinct 2)
157-9Justice Precinct 2 - That part southwest of Cross Roads - Elwood - Midway Rd. and west of Midway - Hopewell Rd., excluding Ferguson State Prison Farm
157-10Justice Precinct 2 - That part northwest of State Highway 21 and northeast of Cross Roads - Elwood - Midway Rd.
157-11Justice Precinct 3: Normangee town - That part in Madison County, comprising part of Justice Precinct 3 (Remainder of Normangee town is in Justice Precinct 7, Leon County)
157-12Justice Precinct 3 - That part east of Burlington - Rock Island Railroad, outside Normangee town
157-13Justice Precinct 3 - That part west of Burlington - Rock Island Railroad, outside Normangee town
157-14Justice Precinct 4: Justice Precinct 4 - That part north of U.S. Highway 190
157-15Justice Precinct 4 - That part south of U.S. Highway 190 and east of Burlington - Rock Island Railroad
157-16Justice Precinct 4 - That part west of Burlington - Rock Island Railroad

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

190 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 190 of them, burning about 2,415 acres. 7 started naturally and 6 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	89
Debris and open burning	55
Equipment and vehicle use	17
Recreation and ceremony	7
Smoking	7
Natural	7
Arson/incendiarism	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 June 2008	Debris and open burning	500 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	BLACK OAK
14 August 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	150 acres	Livingston Area	NORTH ZULCH COMPLEX
7 January 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	150 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CONROE - 16
18 January 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	99 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	4000
18 July 1998	Natural	95 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
31 July 2015	Debris and open burning	90 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	4003
2 August 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	75 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE #19
5 July 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	75 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	RON JOHNS

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1954 to 2026

60 of 194 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 194 reports for this county, causing 3 deaths, 10 injuries and about $9,940,500 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Thunderstorm Wind	86
Hail	55
Flash Flood	28
Tornado	17
Lightning	3
Funnel Cloud	3
Flood	2

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
November 1987	Tornado (F2)	not stated	3 killed, 2 hurt, $2,500,000	no account filed
December 2006	Tornado (F1)	North Zulch	3 hurt, $750,000	Tornado caused three injuries due to a large oak tree falling through a home at Fair Oaks Ranch on the Old Spanish Road. Significant damage to a chicken farm located east of Normangee which killed 15,000 chickens. Numerous trees down, several damaged roofs, and downed power lines along with a power support tower. The most significant damage was reported between Strawther Road and the Willowhold Community with many damaged roofs and downed trees. A horse ranch also received a large amount of damage in the community of Mecca. This tornado was a border-crosser and moved north into Leon County.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	3 hurt, $500,000	Severe thunderstorm winds tore the roofs off of several businesses and numerous other structures and residences suffered lesser damage. Emergency management officials reported 22 businesses and 22 homes sustained damage.
December 2002	Tornado (F1)	Midway	2 hurt, $55,000	Tornado touched down near the Trinity River in eastern Madison County and overturned a mobile home. Two injuries were reported. Nearby buildings were also damaged by the tornado.
May 2024	Flood	North Zulch	$3,500,000	Flooding from numerous heavy rain events in April and early May led to significant damage.
March 2022	Tornado (EF1)	Laceola	$1,000,000	This EF1 tornado first touched down along Highway 190/21 just southwest of Madisonville and then tracked to the northeast through town. There was significant damage to several homes and a few businesses, including the brick facade of a building at the intersection of Collard Street and Highway 75. A few power poles were also snapped at this intersection.
January 1998	Tornado (F0)	Madisonville	$250,000	Tornado tore roof off Yellow Rose Cattle Company Restaurant at OSR & I-45.
May 2016	Flash Flood	Midway	$100,000	Numerous roads were flooded and impassable around Madisonville. SH 21 from Madisonville to FM 2548, Old Spanish Trail between I-45 and US 190, and US 190 from Madisonville to Bedias were all under water, impassable and therefore closed.
January 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville Muni Ar	$100,000	Strong downburst winds destroyed at least two barns and blew metal sheeting 200 to 300 yards toward the northeast. A large tank was also knocked over.
November 2000	Flash Flood	Countywide	$50,000	Minor flooding in North Zulch and on SH 21. FM 978 to School Road closed. High water on Hwy. 90 and Grimes Count y line.
September 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	not stated	$50,000	Possible downburst one mile west of Madisonville at Highway 21 and FM 1452. Seven metal buildings destroyed and one roof damaged.
April 1994	Tornado (F0)	not stated	$50,000	Madisonville Emergency Medical Service reported four mobile homes turned over. An 18-year-old boy witnessed the tornado.
April 2000	Hail	Madisonville	$50,000	no account filed
April 2024	Tornado (EF1)	Madisonville Muni Ar	$30,000	NWS Storm survey found EF1 tornado damage along a path across portions of northern Grimes and southern Madison counties, generally parallel and to the west of SH 90 between Bedias and Madisonville. Damage included trees downed and uprooted, and there was also some roof damage to a few homes.
January 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville Muni Ar	$30,000	Severe thunderstorm winds damaged a barn and destroyed a tin shed near the intersection of FM 1452 and FM 2289 west of Madisonville.
May 2007	Flash Flood	Madisonville	$30,000	Three to four feet of water over downtown streets bounded by the 100 to 400 block of North May Street. Flood waters entered a few structures.
May 2004	Flash Flood	Countywide	$30,000	Flooding reported and many roads under water and impassable.
November 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Midway	$30,000	no account filed
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$25,000	Severe thunderstorm winds overturned several vehicles on Interstate 45 near Madisonville and toppled or snapped 50 to 75 trees on a farm along Hwy 75 southeast of Madisonville.
March 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$25,000	Trees down in Madisonville and along FM 247.
November 2000	Flash Flood	Countywide	$25,000	Flooding continues across the county. Numerous secondary roads remain closed.
November 2000	Flash Flood	Countywide	$25,000	FM 1428 closed 1.5 miles south of SH 21. CR 413 closed at Kickapoo Creek because of high water.
November 2000	Flash Flood	Countywide	$25,000	Several county roads closed due to flooding.
November 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$25,000	Trees and power lines down.
July 1999	Flash Flood	Southwest Portion	$25,000	Flooding on FM 1372 in southwest part of county.
June 1997	Lightning	Madisonville	$25,000	Lightning struck tank and caused it to explode at Patfinder #1 Saltwater Disposal Facility.
October 1954	Tornado (F2)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
April 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Normangee	$20,000	Part of a building was blocking Highway 39 between OSR and Batson Loop.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$20,000	Trees down across the eastern half of the county from Madisonville to Midway.
November 2002	Flash Flood	Countywide	$20,000	Numerous roads closed due to high water on extremely saturated grounds.
April 2019	Hail	Madisonville Muni Ar	$17,000	Baseball sized hail was reported on US 190 west of Madisonville.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$15,000	There were reports of numerous trees downed around the county.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	North Zulch	$15,000	Three trees down on Bundic Road.
December 2002	Hail	Madisonville	$15,000	1.75 inch hail.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$15,000	Tree blown down onto a home on HWY 75 just north of Madisonville.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$15,000	Trees and power lines down on the east side of town.
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Midway	$15,000	Tin roof blown off barn along CR 208 along with numerous trees down. Trees down along CR 209 (one on a house).
February 1999	Hail	Midway	$15,000	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Midway	$14,000	Baseball size hail.
May 2003	Hail	Madisonville	$13,000	Baseball size hail.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$10,000	Glass windows were broken at a local business.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$10,000	Downed and uprooted trees stretched from the Madisonville Junior High School area southeastward for a couple miles in and around Pee Dee Lane.
August 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Normangee	$10,000	A severe thunderstorm caused isolated roof and tree damage in and around the OSR area to the northwest through north of the North Zulch area.
January 2012	Tornado (EF0)	Cottonwood	$10,000	This EF-0 tornado uprooted and snapped trees along its narrow and short path. A barn was also destroyed with tin from the roof fanned out in different directions and thrown in some cases about 200 yards. There was also minor roof damage to a home, and some straight line wind damage was also found in the area.
April 2009	Flash Flood	Normangee	$10,000	Heavy rainfall from a slow moving tornadic thunderstorm closed portions of Old San Antonio Road between FM 1452 and Normangee.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$10,000	Tree down at Hwy 75 just north of Hwy 21.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	North Zulch	$10,000	Tree down on Hwy 39 near Madison-Grimes County border.
June 2004	Flash Flood	Madisonville	$10,000	Roads closed due to flooding on FM 2158 off of FM 1428.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$10,000	Trees down.
December 2002	Hail	Madisonville	$10,000	1.75 inch hail.
December 2002	Hail	Madisonville	$10,000	1.75 inch hail.
March 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	North Zulch	$10,000	Trees blown down in North Zulch and in Normangee, reported by Sheriff.
October 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Countywide	$10,000	Sheriff's office reported trees and power lines down across entire county.
March 2000	Hail	Normangee	$10,000	Hail on OSR near Navasota River.
October 1998	Flash Flood	Countywide	$10,000	FM 2289 & FM 1428 flooded.
November 2004	Hail	Midway	$10,000	no account filed
November 2004	Hail	Madisonville	$10,000	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Madisonville	$10,000	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	North Zulch	$10,000	no account filed
October 1997	Hail	Midway	$10,000	no account filed

Mines and quarries

2 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 2 workings inside this county. None of them still produces: all are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Halite	2

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Day Salt Dome	Halite	Occurrence	Halite
	Madisonville Salt Dome	Halite	Occurrence	Halite

Every populated place in the county

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Antioch

Midway census division · 75852 · On Crabs Branch · Sand Ridge quadrangle

11 sheets, 1953 to 1985
Bundy Crossing

77808 · Near Long Hollow · Canary quadrangle

10 sheets, 1925 to 1993
Canary

77871 · On Red Bank Creek · Canary quadrangle

10 sheets, 1925 to 1993
Connor

Madisonville census division · 77864 · On Sand Branch · Connor quadrangle

10 sheets, 1954 to 1985
Cottonwood

North Zulch census division · 77864 · On Pooles Branch · North Zulch quadrangle

9 sheets, 1931 to 1993
Cross Roads

Madisonville census division · 77864 · Leona SW quadrangle

9 sheets, 1953 to 1985
Dingerville

Midway census division · 75852 · Elwood quadrangle

10 sheets, 1953 to 1985
Elwood

Midway census division · 75852 · Elwood quadrangle

10 sheets, 1953 to 1985
George

North Zulch census division · 77871 · North Zulch quadrangle

9 sheets, 1931 to 1993
Jenkins

Madisonville census division · 77864 · Connor quadrangle

10 sheets, 1954 to 1985
Laceola

Madisonville census division · 77871 · On Brushy Creek · Madisonville quadrangle

11 sheets, 1954 to 1985
Madisonville

Madisonville census division · 77864 · On Mustang Creek · Madisonville quadrangle

11 sheets, 1954 to 1985
Mecca

North Zulch census division · 77871 · North Zulch quadrangle

9 sheets, 1931 to 1993
Midway

Midway census division · 75852 · Elwood quadrangle

10 sheets, 1953 to 1985
North Zulch

North Zulch census division · 77872 · North Zulch quadrangle

9 sheets, 1931 to 1993
Old Elwood

Midway census division · 75852 · On Black Oak Branch · Elwood quadrangle

10 sheets, 1953 to 1985

Provenance

Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.