Historical Marker

The Town Square

Madison · Morgan County · Erected 2011

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Reserved for public use in Madison's 1809 plan, the square held the county's first two courthouses (the 1810 one burned in 1844; its replacement stood to 1907). Over the years it carried a market, a gazebo, and the Cooke Fountain.

About this site

The Town Square is a historical marker in Madison, Morgan County, erected in 2011. It is one of 42 historical markers documented in Morgan County, among 112 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.5956, -83.4675 near Madison. The nearest cataloged historic site is Oliver Hardy, Genius of Comedy (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include William Tappan Thompson, In Memory of the Boys from Morgan County, Georgia, and Morgan County Veterans Memorial Walk.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 33.5956, -83.4675 · Madison, Morgan County

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