Macon was founded on the site of the Ocmulgee Old Fields, where the Creek Indians lived in the 18th century. Their predecessors, the Mississippian culture, built a powerful agriculture-based chiefdom (950–1100 AD). The Mississippian culture constructed earthwork mounds for ceremonial, religious, and burial purposes.

Jan 21, 2003 · Named for North Carolina statesman and U.S.senator Nathaniel Macon, the city was established at the point where the Upper Coastal Plain rises to join the Piedmont, above which the Ocmulgee River is no longer navigable. That …

Macon County has been the home of several famous Georgians. Writers John Donald Wade, a member of the Vanderbilt Agrarian movement, and Adrienne Bond, a vice president of Mercer University, lived here, as did Samuel Henry Rumph, whose work …

Jan 6, 2025 · Macon, city, seat (1823) of Bibb county, central Georgia, U.S., on the Ocmulgee River at the fall line. Its incorporated area extends into Jones county to the northeast. The original settlement, Newtown, developed around Fort Hawkins (1806).

Macon, Georgia, is rich in history and historic sites. Located on the Ocmulgee River in the central part of Georgia, the historic city is home to Ocmulgee National Park, Fort Hawkins, the Hay House, Cannonball House and many historical points of interest.

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Macon, Georgia, United States. 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 …

Come see Macon's history & culture transporting you back to when Native Americans claimed this land. Visit Civil War landmarks & African American monuments.

On the shores of the Ocmulgee River, tracing its origins back to the 1806 Fort Hawkins trading post, Macon is steeped in history. Inheriting a unique namesake from North Carolina statesman Nathaniel Macon, this city began to thrive as the county seat of Bibb County in 1823.

Historic Macon Foundation was borne from the result of the merger of two incredible organizations; the Middle Georgia Historical Society and the Macon Heritage Foundation. Recently, we have begun the digitization process for the large archive of photos, videos, and documents these two institutions left in our care after the merger.

The Macon County Historical Museum collects, preserves, and interprets the history of Macon County. The collection represents the settlement of the communities along the banks of the Flint River, from the first Native Americans to the present day.