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Georgia Counties

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Georgia Counties

Georgia is divided into 159 counties. Under the Georgia Constitution, Counties are granted home rule to deal with issues that are local in nature. Four consolidated city-Counties — Athens (Clarke County), Augusta (Richmond County), Columbus (Muscogee County), and Cusseta (Chattahoochee County) — exist.

Georgia has the second-highest number of Counties of any state in the United States, behind Texas (254). A few Georgia Counties have changed names over time. Jasper County was originally known as Randolph County. Later, the current Randolph County came into being. Webster County was once known as Kinchafoonee County, and Bartow County was formerly known as Cass County.

Macon County, Georgia

Macon County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Oglethorpe
Year Organized: 1837
Square Miles: 403

Court House:

P.O. Box 297
County Courthouse
Oglethorpe, GA 31068-0297

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Macon County is named in honor of General Nathaniel Macon, a North Carolina statesman and president pro tempore of the US Senate.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Macon County is named in honor of General Nathaniel Macon, a North Carolina statesman and president pro tempore of the US Senate. Macon County was carved from Houston and Marion counties in 1837.

Andersonville National Cemetery and Park is in the southwest tip of Macon County. Approximately 45,000 Union soldiers were imprisoned here during the Civil War, with 13,000 perishing from hunger and disease.

The city of Montezuma was named for the Aztec leader by soldiers returning from the Mexican War.

Points of Interest

There is a large Mennonite colony in Macon County near Montezuma.

The Colonel Fish's House is said to be haunted by the ghost of Colonel George Fish after he was found murdered here in the late 1800s. This house was originally located in Oglethorpe and then moved to Americus. The ghost followed the house to its new location.

Notable Citizens

Sam Henry Rumph of Macon County developed the Elberta Peach, the variety responsible for establishing Georgia as the peach state. John Donald Wade, famous Georgia author, also hails from the county

Neighboring Counties:

Northeast: Peach County; Houston County
Southeast: Dooly County
Southwest: Sumter County; Schley County
Northwest: Taylor County

Cities and Towns:

- Ideal	city	Incorporated Area
- Marshallville	city	Incorporated Area
- Montezuma	city	Incorporated Area
- Oglethorpe (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

Chamber of Commerce http://www.maconcountyga.org/

Additional County Info http://www.georgiaplanning.com/CountyPortal/countyportal.asp?FIPS=13193

County Resources

The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this country!"

But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.

Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."