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Madison
State capital city
Madison Isthmus
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Nickname(s): Madtown, Mad City, The City of Four Lakes, 76 Square Miles Surrounded by Reality^[1]
Location of Madison in Dane County, Wisconsin
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Coordinates: 43°04′29″N 89°23′03″W / 43.07472°N 89.38417°W / 43.07472; -89.38417
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Dane
Municipality	City
Founded	1836
Chartered	1846
Incorporated	1856
Named for	James Madison
Government
• Type	Mayor-council
• Mayor	Satya Rhodes-Conway (D)
Area ^[2]
• City	101.53 sq mi (262.96 km²)
• Land	79.57 sq mi (206.09 km²)
• Water	21.96 sq mi (56.88 km²)
Elevation ^[3]	873 ft (266 m)
Population (2020)^[4]
• City	269,840
• Rank	US: 77th WI: 2nd
• Density	3,391/sq mi (1,309/km²)
• Urban	450,305 (US: 89th)
• Urban density	3,008/sq mi (1,161/km²)
• Metro	680,796 (US: 84th)
• CSA	910,246 (US: 64st)
• Demonym	Madisonian
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Zip Codes	ZIP Codes^[5] 53562, 53593, 53701, 53702, 53703, 53704, 53705, 53706, 53707, 53708, 53711, 53713, 53714, 53715, 53716, 53717, 53718, 53719, 53726
Area code	608, 353
FIPS code	55-48000
GNIS feature ID	1581834^[3]
Website	cityofmadison.com

Madison is the capital city of Wisconsin, a state in the United States of America. As of the 2020 census, it had 269,840 people living in it,^[4] 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

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↑ University of Wisconsin-Madison English As A Second Language Program. "About Madison". Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Madison, Wisconsin
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 "U.S. Census QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau.
↑ "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

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Madison (capital)
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