Madison travel guide

Madison is a town in the southeastern corner of New Haven County, Connecticut, and it occupies a central location on the Connecticut Shoreline area. The population was 18,812 at the 2000 census.
Madison was first settled in 1641. Throughout the 18th century, Madison was known as East Guilford until it was incorporated as a town in the mid-19th century. Since then Madison and Guilford have shared many cultural and economic similarities despite an unofficial high school rivalry.
Since the 1860s Madison was considered a summer community. The town is known for its desirable, expensive beachfront property; the population increases sharply following Memorial Day, as summer residents move in. More recently, it has become a year round suburb and local property values have been rising at a considerable rate since the mid-1990s. In addition to the town's excellent public school system, which frequently outscores similar towns on the state's standardized tests, there is a spirit of community which covers such diverse undertakings as attempting to align the schedule of the Shoreline East commuter rail system (which has a station in town) with residents' schedules, or exhibiting local artists' works on the Sculpture Mile. (...) more....