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Madison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 43,435.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/39/39097.html )〕 Its county seat is London.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county is named for James Madison, President of the United States and was established on March 1, 1810. Madison County is part of the Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2008, Madison County, which spans Interstates 70 and 71 as they converge on Columbus, was cited by the Ohio State Highway Patrol as leading the state for the most number of speeding tickets in excess of 20-mph over the posted limit.〔"AGGRESSIVE DRIVING: 20mph+ Over the Speed Limit", Ohio State Highway Patrol, Traffic Safety Bulletin, Feb 13, 2008. (), retrieved 2008-02-17〕 Despite a population of around 42,000 in 2006,〔U.S. Census Quick Facts : Madison County, Ohio (), retrieved 2008-02-17〕 over 7,700 such tickets were issued in three years. Approximately 3 of Madison County's 18 fatal crashes in 2006 and 2007 occurred on interstates.〔"Madison County Fatal Crashes, 2006-2008", Ohio State Highway Patrol, (), retrieved 2008-02-17〕 Madison County is also home to the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation, and several prison facilities.〔"No radar needed in Ohio", Motor Trend (), retrieved 2011-05-25〕 ==History== In 1850, the county contained 24 churches and one newspaper office, had a total population of 10,015, and the county's public school system had 3838 pupils.〔Thomas Baldwin & J. Thomas, ''(A new and complete gazetteer of the United States )'', Lippincott, Grambo & Co, 1854, Pg. 643〕 With agriculture as the primary business, that same year the county produced 726,451 bushels of corn, 19,308 tons of hay, 120,696 pounds of wool, and 128,948 pounds of butter.〔 In 1900, the county had a population of 20,590.〔Stella Shoemaker Wilson, ''(Ohio )'', Macmillan, 1902, Pg. 97〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Madison County, Ohio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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