Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is the state capital of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County in the United States. After Milwaukee, Madison had a population of 269,840 at the time of the most recent census in 2020, making it the second-largest city in Wisconsin by population after that of Milwaukee and the 80th-largest city in the United States. The city is the focal point of the Madison Metropolitan Area, which encompasses Dane County as well as adjacent Iowa, Green, and Columbia counties and has a total population of 680,796 people (as of the 2010 census). Madison is named after James Madison, an American founding father and President of the United States. According to the Ho-Chunk language, Madison is known as Dejope, which means "four lakes," or Taychopera, which means "land of the four lakes," and the Madison region is known as Dejope, which means "four lakes," or Taychopera, which means "land of the four lakes" in the Ho-Chunk language.

The city of Madison, Wisconsin, is situated on an isthmus and surrounding lands that include four lakes: Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, Lake Kegonsa, and Lake Waubesa. It is the home of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the Wisconsin State Capitol, the Overture Center for the Arts, and the Henry Vilas Zoo, among other attractions. There are numerous parks and bike trails in Madison; the city boasts the greatest number of parkland parks and playgrounds per capita of any of the top 100 largest cities in the United States, and it is one of only five communities to have received the League of American Bicyclists' "Platinum Bicycle Friendly Community" designation. Besides that, Madison is home to 9 National Historic Landmarks, along with several buildings designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright, including his 1937 Jacobs I House, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Jacobs I House is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.