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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]
Under government pressure in 1805, the Lower Creek ceded their lands east of the Ocmulgee River to the state of Georgia, but they refused to surrender the sacred mounds. They retained a 3-by-5-mile (4.8 km × 8.0 km) area on the east bank called the Ocmulgee Old Fields Reserve. It included both the mounds on the Macon Plateau and the Lamar mounds.
See Georgia native animals and name 31 native trees on these trails. ... The park, only about 45 minutes from Macon, was founded in 1978 by Hampton Daughtry and David Settle. Dauset came from the ...
The Johnston–Felton–Hay House, often abbreviated Hay House, is a historic residence at 934 Georgia Avenue in Macon, Georgia.Built between 1855 and 1859 by William Butler Johnston and his wife Anne Tracy Johnston in the Italian Renaissance Revival style, the house has been called the "Palace of the South."
The Georgia Section of the American Water Works Association also named Macon’s water as the best tasting in the state in 2023. Macon has a solid track record when it comes to its drinking water ...
An old hotel slated for demolition in a central Georgia town was sent collapsing into a cloud of dust and debris on New Year's Day.. The old Ramada hotel in Macon had been a fixture of the city's ...
Bibb County is located in the U.S. state of Georgia.As of the 2020 census, its population was 157,346. [1] Bibb County is geographically located in the Central Georgia (Middle Georgia) region, and is the largest county in the Macon metropolitan area (metropolitan statistical area).