Madison County

Madison

Madison is an incorporated city and the county seat of Madison County. The two governments use different building counters: addresses inside the city start at City Hall, while other county addresses use the Madison County Annex.

Type: City
County: Madison
Population: 2,988

Data notes

Population source: Census Vintage 2025 subcounty population estimates. Florida Revenue November 2025 county planning row: 15.1668 mills for Madison County. Census GEOID: 1242425.

Local front desk

The city line changes the permit counter.

For work inside Madison, start with the city's Building, Planning and Development page. The city provides in-house permitting, planning, and code enforcement, with its online application linked there. For an address elsewhere in Madison County, use the county Building Department for permits and inspections. Confirm the parcel before choosing either system.

Local government

Madison building, planning, and development The city route for planning, zoning, building permits, code enforcement, maps, regulations, and the online application. Madison County building department The county route that separates City Hall permits from county permits and provides applications, inspections, codes, and contacts.

Property and records

Property appraiser Parcel records, assessed value, exemptions, and taxable value. Tax collector Tax bills, payments, discounts, deferrals, and delinquent-tax questions. Clerk and recorder Deeds, mortgages, official records, court files, and recorded documents.

People and safety

Supervisor of Elections Voter registration, precincts, ballots, and county election information. Emergency management Local alerts, evacuation information, shelters, and storm instructions. School district Enrollment, calendars, district contacts, and the address-based assignment path.

Find the office Match the errand to the office Use the record or service to separate city, county, district, state, and private responsibilities. Find the utility provider Start utility service with the address Water, power, sewer, trash, gas, and internet can follow different service boundaries.

Local profile checked August 2, 2026. Confirm the address and current instructions on the linked official site.

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Address, home, and local records

Home and local tasks in Madison

Start with the exact address, then use the task to choose the state agency, county office, city department, school district, utility, emergency manager, insurer, lender, or private document that handles the detail.

Address and ZIP

Separate the mailing label from the local boundary

The postal city, ZIP Code, county, municipality, parcel, school district, evacuation zone, and utility area can describe different parts of the same address.

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Property tax

Madison County tax planning

The November 2025 county planning row is 15.1668 mills, about $1,517 per $100,000 of taxable value before parcel-specific charges.

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Storm planning

Check evacuation zone and local alerts

Evacuation zones, shelter plans, county alerts, and local emergency orders can change by exact address.

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Permits and records

Look up the local file

Building permits, code cases, liens, zoning, business tax receipts, and utility records may sit with Madison County, a city, or a district.

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Address changes

Update the records that follow the address

Mail forwarding does not update a driver record, vehicle record, voter file, property mail, insurance, utilities, schools, or private accounts.

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Direct Porch Notes

Notes about Madison

These entries have been reviewed as directly about this place or its local area.

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History and culture

Madison's Four Freedoms Monument keeps a World War Two name downtown

The Four Freedoms Monument in downtown Madison ties a small North Florida square to Colin P. Kelly Jr., World War Two memory, and a public corner people still pass.

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Useful local context

Notes that mention, illustrate, or sit near Madison

These links can help with the next question, but the rule or subject may be statewide, countywide, regional, or only nearby.

Rules and licenses

Madison County permits change at city limits

Madison County permit and inspection offices depend on whether the property is inside the City of Madison.

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Around Madison

Nearby Florida place pages, ordered by straight-line distance between Census internal points. This is not driving distance.

Lee Madison County - about 8 miles away Greenville Madison County - about 13 miles away Jennings Hamilton County - about 20 miles away Day Lafayette County - about 20 miles away Aucilla Jefferson County - about 21 miles away Lamont Jefferson County - about 25 miles away Perry Taylor County - about 27 miles away Monticello Jefferson County - about 28 miles away

Source habit

Start from Madison.

Florida rules can split across a state agency, county office, city counter, district, school, park manager, insurer, lender, or contract. These paths keep the local page connected to the next official-source check.

Home and local tasks

Property, storms, permits, and offices

Use the task that matches the next decision, then confirm the address with the responsible office.

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County context

Open Madison County

Use the county directory for nearby local pages and notes tied to the same county.

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Place notes

Local and related notes

Direct local notes and contextual connections are labeled separately so the geographic claim stays clear.

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Data and page limits

Last checked July 26, 2026. Place names, county coverage, GEOIDs, coordinates, and population labels come from the Census sources in the Florida place data used by this site. County tax planning rows use Florida Revenue November 2025 millage data. The local front desk is a reviewed profile of the city and county split, checked August 2, 2026. Direct note relationships and contextual note paths are kept separate. Parcel values, exemptions, permits, school assignments, storm instructions, utility service, private rules, and final bills still depend on the exact address and the official office or document.

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