MACON COUNTY

Macon was formed in 1828 from Haywood. It was named in honor of Nathaniel Macon, speaker of the House of Representatives, United States Senator, and president of the Constitutional Convention of 1835. It is in the western section of the State and is. bounded by the state of Georgia and Clay, Cherokee, Swain and Jackson counties. The present land area is 516.47 square miles. The population from the 2010 Census was 33,922. Of that population, 31,811 were white, 447 were black or African American, 165 were American Indian, 208 were Asian, 4 were Pacific Islander and 905 were of a different race. Another 382 were reported to be of two or more races and 2,230 were Hispanic or Latino of any race. The first court was ordered to be held in the town of Franklin. Franklin is the county seat.

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Macon County is primarily in the Little Tennessee River Basin. A portion of the southern part of the county is in the Savannah River Basin. It is a part of the mountain region of the state.

References:

"American Factfinder." 2011. U. S. Census Bureau. Online at http://factfinder2.census.gov/. Accessed 3/3/2011.

Corbitt, David L. 2000. The Formation of the North Carolina Counties, 1663-1943. Sixth printing. Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History.

Powell, William Stevens, and Michael R. Hill. 2010. The North Carolina gazetteer: a dictionary of Tar Heel places and their history. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.

Additional resources:

North Carolina Digital Collections (Government & Heritage Library and NC State Archives)

NC LIVE resources

NC Natural Heritage Program database

WorldCat (Searches numerous library catalogs)