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Macon (/ ˈ m eɪ k ən / MAY-kən), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in Georgia, United States.Situated near the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is 85 miles (137 km) southeast of Atlanta and near the state's geographic center—hence its nickname "The Heart of Georgia".
The Macon metropolitan area is a metropolitan statistical area consisting of five counties in Central Georgia, anchored by the principal city of Macon. At the 2010 U.S. census, the five-county area had a population of 232,293. [3] A July 2017 estimate placed the population at 228,914. [4] In 2022, its estimated population was 235,805. [5]
1806 – U.S. Fort Hawkins built at the present-day site of Creek Indian Ocmulgee Old Fields (future site of Macon). [1]1821 – Fort Hawkins settlement renamed "Newtown". [1]
Marnie Hunter (Atlanta) rode down I-75 to Macon, Georgia, for our inaugural America’s Best Towns to Visit project. “This town is packed with stately Antebellum homes and musical history ...
Eugene Ely, first naval aviator, crashed and died in Macon in 1911, in an exhibition, after removing his front elevator from his plane; Nate Holden, former California State Senator; Perry Keith, former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives; born near Macon in 1847; David Perdue, former United States senator of Georgia
An empty 16-story building located in downtown Macon, Georgia, will be the center of a New Year's celebration to ring in 2025. The former hotel will be blown up on the morning of Jan. 1 at 9 a.m. EST.