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Madison
 Established as the county seat after the Civil War, replacing Ballardsville across the river.
 
Population 2010 Census: 3,076Median Age: 42.1 years
 
Courthouse: Completed 1921Architect: H. Rus Warne
 
 
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 | Formed: 1847 Named: Daniel Boone, whose home was in the Kanawha Valley from 1789 to 1795
 County Seat: Madison
 Land in Square Miles: 501.54
 Population 2010 Census: 24,629
 Persons per Square Mile 2010: 49.1
 
Primary Sources OnlinePhotographs of Schools in Boone County
 Whitesville Bridge Disaster
 1960 Presidential Campaign in Boone County
 
 
| Coal River Mining Institute winners, 1938 | (dialup)    (broadband) |  | Coal River Mining Institute entertainment, 1938 | (dialup)    (broadband) |  | Big John drag line at work in Julian, 1983 | (dialup)    (broadband) |  | Andy Averson of Whitesville and his crop of figs, 1983 | (dialup)    (broadband) |  | Beekeeper Seth Toney of Blooming Rose, 1983 | (dialup)    (broadband) |  | Byron Weaver of Blooming Rose, 1983 | (dialup)    (broadband) |  | Roy Douglas of Peytona and his turtle doves, 1983 | (dialup)    (broadband) |  | Derick Foster of Madison and his toy cars, 1983 | (dialup)    (broadband) |  | Tow Truck at Nellis Motors, 1984 | (dialup)    (broadband) |  | Zach Karantonis memorabilia, 1984 | (dialup)    (broadband) |  | Bill McIntyre, 1984 | (dialup)    (broadband) |  | Gloria Burton's doll collection, Danville, 1985 | (dialup)    (broadband) |  | Coal artist James Stewart of Madison, 1985 | (dialup)    (broadband) |  | Hasil Adkins, 1990s | (dialup)    (broadband) |  | Birchfield and other miners seeking panel rights, 1994 | (dialup)    (broadband) |  |