The Town Commons

The Town Commons (HMX7X)

Location: Madison, GA 30650 Morgan County
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Country: United States of America
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N 33° 35.483', W 83° 28.4'

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The Georgia Legislature initially designated 100 acres (Parts of Land Lots No.36, No.35, & No.23) for Madison's establishment. The Justices of the Inferior Court subdivided the land to create a "publick" square as well as lots for sale - around the square, then to the northwest, and later to the southwest. Unplatted public lands were referred to as the Town Commons.

In the 1810-20s, a portion of the southwest commons (now framed by W. Central Ave., Old Post Rd., and Walton St.) was actively used: by private individuals as a racetrack; as a pasture and a woodlot; and as a muster ground for the local 29th Regiment of the Georgia Militia. The commons shrank as Madison developed: lots were sold along Old Post Rd. for funds to rebuild the Madison Male Academy; one-acre lots along Porter Street were offered to early congregations; and the remainder subdivided in 1837 for residential lots. These large, roughly ½-city block lots, were mostly developed for spacious homes with their small dependencies, amidst landscapes combining pleasure and utility in formal gardens, vegetable gardens, orchards, pastures, and later pecan groves.
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HM NumberHMX7X
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Year Placed2011
Placed ByCity of Madison, Madison BiCentennial Commission 1809-2009
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Date Added Friday, October 17th, 2014 at 12:41am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 270477 N 3719592
Decimal Degrees33.59138333, -83.47333333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 33° 35.483', W 83° 28.4'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds33° 35' 28.98" N, 83° 28' 24.00" W
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Area Code(s)706
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 485 Old Post Rd, Madison GA 30650, US
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