The judicial Madison County was formed on February 2, 1842, from the western half of what is now Montgomery County, part of Walker County and a slice of eastern San Jacinto County. (Judicial counties were later declared unconstitutional because they had no legislative representation.) Because residents of the northern parts of Walker and Grimes counties lived forty to fifty miles from their county seats, they petitioned the legislature for the establishment of a new county. The formation of Madison County from Grimes, Walker, and Leon counties was approved on January 27, 1853, and organization followed on August 7, 1854. The county and county seat were named the county and its seat for the nation's fourth president, James Madison. -Handbook of Texas Online: Madison Judicial County, Madison County |
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| NOTE: This list contains all current post offices plus any discontinued post offices known to have had at least one precancel type, as listed in the Precancel Stamp Society's Town and Type Catalog of the United States and Territories, Sixth edition, Summer 1998, and from Fosters' personal knowledge. The precancel device(s) may or may not still exist. An * indicates a discontinued post office or name change. Links will be set up to individual precancel town pages when available. Pester these post offices so that devices can be retained or ordered. |
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| MADISONVILLE | 77864 | yes | operating | ||
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| MIDWAY | 75852 | none | operating | ||
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| NORMANGEE | town in Leon-Madison Counties, post office in Leon County | ||||
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| NORTH ZULCH | 77872 | yes | operating | ||
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