Macon History

Macon grew from the 1806 frontier outpost at Fort Hawkins. Laid out across the Ocmulgee in 1822 and incorporated in 1823, it was named for North Carolina statesman Nathaniel Macon at the river's fall-line head of navigation.

Macon History is a historical marker in Macon, Bibb County. It is one of 88 historical markers documented in Bibb County, among 199 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.8364, -83.6253 near Macon. The nearest cataloged historic site is Freemasonry in Macon (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include William Augustus Bootle, Old U.S. Post Office and Federal Building, and William M. Wadley.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.