Madison (town), Wisconsin

The Town of Madison was located in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.

The original Town of Madison encompassed approximately 36 square miles (93 km2), and was organized on February 2, 1846.

[3][4] In 1856 the Wisconsin Legislature chartered the city of Madison, leaving the remainder as the town.

[5] Most of this land was gradually incorporated into various municipalities, especially the City of Madison, leaving the town as a collection of discontinuous areas subject to annexation.

That was the same case with part of the Capitol View Heights neighborhood, connected by Sundstrom and Nygard Streets.

In the wake of continued controversy and an effort in the state legislature to simply abolish the town[citation needed], an agreement was reached in 2003 to provide for the incorporation of the remaining portions of the town (by then down to less than 3.9 square miles (10 km2), including bodies of water) into the city of Madison and the city of Fitchburg on October 31, 2022.