Macon County - Georgia

County Courthhouse

County Seat: Oglethorpe
Incorporated: December 14, 1837
Population: 14,074
Total Area:  403.3 Square miles

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

Painting of the Macon County Courthouse that hangs in the courthouse.