Madison (originally Madison Station) is a former settlement, now a suburban neighborhood of northeast Nashville, in the U.S.

Madison is only 8.2 miles north at its closest point to downtown Nashville.[clarification needed] Ellington Parkway serves as a direct connection from downtown Madison to downtown Nashville with exits to Inglewood and East Nashville.

Madison is one of 14 Community Plan areas in the Metro Nashville-Davidson County region for which zoning and territory use planning is done.

The 2015-updated Community Plan for Madison, an 89-page document adopted by the Metropolitan Planning Commission, was updated in 2015 as part of Nashville - Next's long-term planning. Madison has two primary centers: Downtown Madison and Rivergate.

Madison services a several surrounding communities: East Nashville, Inglewood, Whites Creek, Joelton, Old Hickory, Hendersonville, Hermitage and more.

Madison Station postal service was opened in 1857, at which time Madison Station was about eight miles from Nashville proper, roughly half-way between Nashville and Goodlettsville. In the 20th century, Madison acted as a connecting suburb until being took in into Nashville in 1963 due to the consolidation with Davidson County.

Madison funnels traffic to Goodlettsville, Hendersonville, Gallatin, Inglewood, and downtown Nashville.

Madison is also home to Amqui train station that was assembled by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and serviced by the business until 1979.

Public education in Madison falls under the oversight of Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools.

Zoned schools in the Madison region send students through the Hunters Lane cluster, titled after the region high school, Hunters Lane High School.

Prior to the opening of Hunter's Lane, the enhance high school for the region was Madison High School, which is now Madison Middle Prep.

Three private schools are also positioned inside Madison: Goodpasture Christian School, Madison Academy and Saint Joseph School.

There are three enhance parks inside Madison; Madison Park, Peeler Park, and Cedar Hill Park.

Madison Park is positioned in the center of State Route 45, Delaware Avenue, and North Dupont Avenue.

Another origin of recreation for the Madison improve is Rivergate Mall which is positioned at the corner of Conference Drive and Gallatin Pike North.

The Madison Branch Library opened in 1977, and is part of the Nashville Public Library.

Madison is a unique town in Nashville because of its easy accessibility via a several major roads and interstates.

Major roads running through Madison are Old Hickory Boulevard aka State Rt.

Interstate 65 has two chief exits into Madison, one at Old Hickory Blvd, the other at Rivergate shopping area.

Ellington Parkway joins Downtown Nashville to Downtown Madison with exits along the way to key areas of East Nashville and Inglewood.

There are also bike lanes in some of the newer asphalt in Madison and there are plans to build a pedestrian and bike extension from Peeler Park to Stones River Park which will connect Peeler key greenways dominant to downtown Nashville.

Madison is the locale of the Nashville National Cemetery.

It and Spring Hill Cemetery, athwart Gallatin Pike, delineated the generally accepted boundary between Madison and Inglewood before to the assembly of close-by Briley Parkway.

Sign positioned near the downtown Madison area.

However, because Madison, TN features two primary centers: Downtown Madison and Rivergate the demographic study includes a several surrounding communities in addition to the populace knowledge for Madison only. Due to its vast resources, Madison directly services communities in the region including East Nashville, Downtown Nashville, Inglewood, White's Creek, Old Hickory with the ability to attract patrons from all over Davidson County including Sumner and Wilson counties. "Nashville > Planning Department > Community Planning & Design > Community Plans > Madison".

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