Madison Heights, Virginia Madison Heights, Virginia Location of Madison Heights, Virginia Location of Madison Heights, Virginia State Virginia Madison Heights is a census-designated place (CDP) in Amherst County, Virginia, United States.

Madison Heights is positioned 201 37 26 22 N 79 7 2 W (37.439406, -79.117259). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the CDP has a total region of 19.5 square miles (50.6 km2), of which 19.2 square miles (49.7 km2) is territory and 0.31 square miles (0.8 km2), or 1.67%, is water. In the CDP, the populace was spread out with 21.9% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older.

The median income for a homehold in the CDP was $32,359, and the median income for a family was $39,415.

The Central Virginia Training Center is a state education facility in Madison Heights.

Previously it was known as the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded where forced sterilizations were conducted, 8,300 from 1924 to 1972 on those determined to be "unfit". Carrie Buck, the plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court case Buck v.

Bell, was sterilized after being classified as "feeble-minded", as part of the state's eugenics program while she was a patient at the Colony. The story of Carrie Buck's sterilization and the court case was made into a tv drama in 1994, Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story.

"Virginia State Epileptic Colony," a song by the Manic Street Preachers on their 2009 album 'Journal For Plague Lovers,' addresses the state's program of eugenics.

"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Madison Heights CDP, Virginia".

"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Madison Heights CDP, Virginia".

Municipalities and communities of Amherst County, Virginia, United States

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