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Macon County, Alabama

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
16historic places
—earliest paper
1832formed
19,532pop. 2020
91cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 16 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Tuskegee, Notasulga, Shorter.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Alabama is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Macon titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

8 of 16 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

16 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Archeological Site No. 1MC110TuskegeeSite1985
Atasi SiteShorterSite1977
Butler Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion ChurchTuskegeeBuilding1995
Creek Stand A.M.E. Zion Church CemeteryTuskegeeSite2016
CreekwoodCreekstandBuilding1989
Grey ColumnsTuskegeeBuilding1980
Macon County CourthouseTuskegeeBuilding1978
Macon County High SchoolNotasulgaDistrict2020
Main Street Historic DistrictTuskegeeDistrict1984
North Main Street Historic DistrictTuskegeeDistrict1985
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church CemeteryNotasulgaSite2016
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church and Rosenwald SchoolNotasulgaDistrict2010
St. Paul Baptist Church and Armstrong SchoolTuskegeeDistrict2023
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic SiteTusgegee InstituteDistrict1998
Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site NHLTuskegeeDistrict1966
Tuskegee Veterans Administration HospitalMaconDistrict2012

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Macon was formed in 1832 (1832-12-18) from Montgomery, Pike.

MACON created from MONTGOMERY and PIKE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Macon County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

31k21k11k1840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
11,24726,80217,37123,12623,56127,65430,56126,71726,82924,10519,532

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Tuskegee Institute National Historic SitePark unit5.1 km
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic SitePark unit7.8 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

91 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 91 listed
NameLatLon
Ambers Cemetery32.36363-85.8622
Antioch Cemetery32.54791-85.72439
Antioch Cemetery32.2807-85.538
Armstrong Cemetery32.53013-85.60356
Ashdale Cemetery32.44055-85.69468
Bethel Cemetery32.41291-85.82301
Bethlehem Cemetery32.56846-85.68662
Bethlehem Cemetery32.28188-85.6756
Borom Cemetery32.30375-85.4405
Bradford Chapel Cemetery32.40986-85.83106
Chapple Cemetery32.29847-85.54189
Clanton CemeteryNoneNone
Cloud Cemetery32.33903-85.6805
Cobbs Cemetery32.47982-85.47448
Cole Cemetery32.36569-85.84912
Colvard CemeteryNoneNone
Concord Cemetery32.5018-85.63661
Cooper CemeteryNoneNone
Creek Stand Cemetery32.29486-85.48105
Creek Stand Cemetery32.29014-85.48994
Darlington Cemetery32.42684-85.52041
Day Family CemeteryNoneNone
Elam Cemetery32.51342-85.53533
Elam Cemetery32.45374-85.78912
Elizabeth Cemetery32.24764-85.70967
Fort Cemetery32.29286-85.69007
Graham CemeteryNoneNone
Green-Cook Cemetery32.37958-85.78801
Greenwood Cemetery32.42004-85.7141
Grimm Cemetery32.25903-85.80384
Hardaway Cemetery32.29014-85.85263
Hearn CemeteryNoneNone
Hickory Grove Cemetery32.46485-85.61411
Hoffman CemeteryNoneNone
Holt Cemetery32.46321-85.44899
Ivory Cemetery32.24375-85.7263
Liberty Cemetery32.5793-85.75606
Liberty Hill Cemetery32.3243-85.74439
Ligon Cemetery32.32014-85.65828
Little Texas Cemetery32.44124-85.57078
Magnolia Cemetery32.35153-85.59078
McCrary Cemetery32.5068-85.64134
Mount Andrews Cemetery32.34236-85.73661
Mount Nebo Cemetery32.34319-85.66439
Mount Olive Cemetery32.34642-85.93052
Mount Pisgah Cemetery32.29847-85.78606
Mount Pleasant Cemetery32.34764-85.80189
Mount Pleasant Cemetery32.39069-85.55022
Mount Zion Cemetery32.30569-85.93523
Mount Zion Cemetery32.48005-85.56264
Mount Zion Cemetery32.52791-85.72689
Neils Chapel Cemetery32.45235-85.79717
Noble CemeteryNoneNone
Notasulga City Cemetery32.56068-85.66773
Oak Grove Cemetery32.4937-85.5505
Old Cubahatchee CemeteryNoneNone
Oswalt Cemetery32.30319-85.93329
Pine Grove Cemetery32.42319-85.55911
Ramsey Cemetery32.45374-85.80051
Rush Cemetery32.39666-85.67138
Saint James Cemetery32.41581-85.63899
Saint John Cemetery32.45819-85.76301
Saint Mark Cemetery32.25661-85.7346
Saint Paul Cemetery32.24042-85.67495
Saint Paul Cemetery32.4022-85.49107
Salem Macon Cemetery32.58124-85.74078
Sears CemeteryNoneNone
Segrest-Gibson CemeteryNoneNone
Shady Grove Cemetery32.4218-85.76467
Shiloh Cemetery32.35264-85.66134
Shiloh Cemetery32.51874-85.68162
Silah Cemetery32.29125-85.91606
Society Hill Cemetery32.42556-85.44528
Sweet Gum Cemetery32.37791-85.85551
Sweet Pilgrim Cemetery32.27736-85.61661
Taylor Cemetery32.40496-85.70074
Tuskegee Cemetery32.43513-85.69406
Tuskegee University Campus Cemetery32.4312-85.70664
Tysonville Cemetery32.39922-85.98754
Union Cemetery32.47401-85.56309
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Talasse32.48208-85.85551

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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