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Indian trader John Findley, Daniel Boone, and four others first came into the area that is now Madison County in 1769 on a hunting and exploring expedition. In 1774, the Transylvania Company, led by Judge Richard Henderson of North Carolina, purchased 20,000,000 acres of land west of the Appalachians (including present-day Madison County) from the Cherokee Nation. Daniel Boone was hired to cut a trail through the Cumberland Gap and establish a settlement on the Kentucky River. The settlement at Fort Boonesborough began in April 1775.
In 1785, Madison County was established from a portion of Lincoln County, Virginia. The county was named for Virginia statesman James Madison, who later became the fourth President of the United States.
Adjacent Counties
- Fayette County
- Clark County
- Estill County
- Jackson County
- Rockcastle County
- Jessamine County
- Garrard County
Communities
- Boonesborough
- Berea
- Kingston
- Kirksville
- Richmond (County Seat)
- Waco
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