The courthouse in Madisonville was burned by Kentucky Confederates led by Gen. Hylan Benton Lyon on December 17, 1864, as they passed through western Kentucky because it was being used to house Union soldiers.

Though the Causeway was completed in 1956 and linked suburban Metairie with western St. Tammany, growth in and around western St. Tammany towns like Mandeville, Covington and Madisonville only gathered momentum in the late 1960s.

The storm surge in the area of the Rigolets Pass was estimated at, not including wave action, declining to at Madisonville.

Madisonville was named the county seat of Hopkins County in 1808 and was incorporated in 1810.

The courthouse in Madisonville was burned by Confederates led by Gen. Hylan B. Lyon on December 17, 1864, as they passed through western Kentucky.

By the early 1900s, Madisonville was a rail hub, coal mining center, and had a large tobacco market.

The neighborhood near Madisonville Country Club was greatly affected by the storm.

The home of Madisonville resident and former Boston Celtics star Frank Ramsey was destroyed in the storm.

Madisonville was placed under a curfew for the safety of the citizens.

Madisonville was founded by Jean Baptiste Baham in 1800 as the town of Cocquille or Cokie because of the abundance of shells in the area, at the site of the Native American village of Chiconcte.

Madisonville was an important port providing bricks and other products of the towns along the Tchefuncte to New Orleans in the decades before the Civil War.

The Madisonville Lighthouse was built in 1838 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Madisonville was founded in the early 1820s as a county seat for Monroe County, which had been formed in 1819.

The town was initially known as " Tellico ," but its name was changed to " Madisonville " in 1830 in honor of U. S. President James Madison in accordance with a petition from the residents presented by state representative James Madison Greenway.

Madisonville was incorporated on May 16, 1850.

Kefauver was born in Madisonville, Tennessee, to Robert Cooke Kefauver and Phredonia Bradford ( Estes ).

Baulch was forced to write a letter to his parents claiming he and Delone had found work in Madisonville before he was strangled by Henley and buried at High Island Beach.

A native of the Alpine community in Overton County, Tennessee, Roberts was a graduate of Hiwassee College in Madisonville, Tennessee.

He was brought up from age 11 in Madisonville, a neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Its seat is Madisonville, and it is named for James Madison, the fourth president of the United States.

Other antebellum communities included Nebo, Kentucky, northwest of Madisonville, and Charleston, Kentucky, named after " Free Charles ," a black freedman who operated a tavern in the southwest part of the county.

Farragut participated in capture of HMS Alert on August 13 of 1812 and then helped to establish America's first naval base and colony in the Pacific, named Madisonville during the ill-fated Nuku Hiva Campaign.

Both the City of Madisonville and the County of Madison were named for U. S. President James Madison, the fourth chief executive.

In Madisonville US 41 branches off into a more Western route named US 41-A or Alternate 41 ( only one of several alternate routes on US 41 ) that winds through Webster County, passing through Providence and Dixon before rejoining US 41 in Henderson.

Places named Madisonville in the United States include:

A shore party was landed and they claimed the island for the United States and constructed a small village, named Madisonville.

U. S. Highway 190 joins I-45 for from Huntsville, Texas to Madisonville, Texas.

Because of its location near important roadways, Madisonville is a leading manufacturing hub for western Kentucky.

Government operations for the city are based out of several buildings including a government building on Center Street and the Madisonville City Hall on Main Street.

Crucial parts for these engines are crafted in secondary GE Aviation facilities, such as those in Bromont, Quebec ; Hooksett, New Hampshire ; Wilmington, North Carolina ; Madisonville, Kentucky and Rutland, Vermont ; where the engine blades and vanes are manufactured.

Terry Ballantine Bisson ( born February 12, 1942, in Madisonville, Kentucky, and raised in Owensboro, Kentucky ) is an American science fiction and fantasy author best known for his short stories.

He practiced law for two years at Madisonville, then worked for a short time in Kingston.

After a meeting with allies of his friend, First District Congressman Carroll Hubbard, in Madisonville on September 20, 1978, Patton considered running for governor in 1979.

< font size = 2 > The Madison County Museum in Madisonville </ font size = 2 >

Madisonville is a city in Madison County, Texas, United States.

The Madisonville Meteor newspaper office is located next to the Madison County Museum.

North Zulch is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Texas, United States at the intersection of U. S. Highway 190 and State Highway 21 and is six miles from the Navasota River and thirteen miles west of Madisonville in west central Madison County.

Bill Beeny ( born September 1, 1926, in Madisonville, Kentucky, United States ) is a Baptist minister and self-declared segregationist who led right-wing organizations in St. Louis, Missouri, during the 1960s.

Burks played at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, then one year at Hiwassee Junior College in Madisonville, Tennessee before joining the University of Memphis as an invited walk-on.

< font size = 2 > Bales of rolled hay off Texas State Highway 21 east of Madisonville </ font size = 2 >

John Neely Kennedy, the current Louisiana State Treasurer, is a resident of Madisonville.

Ducktown is centered just north of the junction of Tennessee State Route 68, which connects the city to Madisonville to the north and Copperhill to the south, and U. S. Route 64, which connects the city to Cleveland ( via the Ocoee River Gorge ) to the west and Murphy, North Carolina to the east.

* History of Madisonville from the Handbook of Texas Online published by the Texas State Historical Association

In addition to the main campus, Murray State University operates extended campuses offering upper level and graduate courses in Paducah, Hopkinsville, Madisonville, and Henderson.

* On October 20, 2009 US Bancorp completed a transaction to purchase FBOP Corporation ’ s nine subsidiary banks from the FDIC: BankUSA, National Association ( AZ ), California National Bank ( CA ), Citizens National Bank ( TX ), Community Bank of Lemont ( IL ), Madisonville State Bank ( TX ), North Houston Bank ( TX ), Pacific National Bank ( CA ), Park National Bank ( IL ), and San Diego National Bank ( CA ).

The " Old House " from the film is actually the Otis House from Fairview-Riverside State Park in Madisonville on the Northshore.