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Madison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,548. [1] The county seat is Winterset. [2] Madison County is included in the Des Moines–West Des Moines, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area. [3] Madison County is famous for being the county where John Wayne was born, and for a number of ...
Location of Madison County in Iowa. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Madison County, Iowa. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Madison County, Iowa, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
The Roseman Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge in Winterset, Iowa. It is prominently featured in the novel The Bridges of Madison County, [2] as well as its film adaptation. It was built in 1883 [3] over the Middle River, [4] and renovated in 1992. The Roseman Covered Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
The bridges of Madison County, Iowa, were made famous by a book and a Meryl Streep/Clint Eastwood film. Weakened by old age, the bridges need repairs.
List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Iowa; List of covered bridges in Iowa; The Bridges of Madison County 1992 novel, adapted as a 1995 film and a 2014 stage musical
Polk County is the most densely populated county at 864/sq mi (333.5/km 2), an increase in density from 2010 when it was 655.5/sq mi (253.08/km 2). [7] Polk County contains the state's capital and largest city, Des Moines. In addition, Iowa has one of the smallest percentages of counties whose boundaries are dictated by natural means, the vast ...
Cedar Bridge refers to three different bridges in Madison County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. The original Cedar Covered Bridge was built in 1883, [4] moved in 1921, and was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The bridge was filmed in the 1995 movie The Bridges of Madison County [5] and destroyed by arson in 2002. [6]
The Madison County Chamber of Commerce estimates that the bridges combined see more than 50,000 visitors every year. Those travelers spent nearly $19.2 million in 2022, up from $13 million in 2016.