Macon, Georgia, United States

E9418

city county seat

Macon, Georgia, United States is a historic city in central Georgia known for its rich musical heritage, antebellum architecture, and role as the birthplace of Delta Air Lines.

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Macon, Georgia	50
City of Macon	3
City of Macon (as historic site)	1
Macon is metaphorically the heart of the state of Georgia	1
Macon, Georgia (threatened)	1
consolidated city-county (Macon–Bibb County)	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ county seat ⓘ
areaCode	478 ⓘ
birthplaceOf	Little Richard ⓘ Otis Redding ⓘ The Allman Brothers Band ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfMerger	2014 ⓘ
elevation	approximately 116 meters ⓘ
foundedAs	Fort Hawkins ⓘ
GNISFeatureID	0332290 ⓘ
governmentType	consolidated city-county ⓘ
hasAirport	Macon Downtown Airport ⓘ Middle Georgia Regional Airport ⓘ
hasCollege	Wesleyan College ⓘ
hasLandmark	Cannonball House ⓘ Georgia Sports Hall of Fame ⓘ Grand Opera House (Macon, Georgia) ⓘ Hay House ⓘ Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park ⓘ Sidney Lanier Cottage ⓘ Terminal Station (Macon, Georgia) ⓘ The Allman Brothers Band Museum at The Big House ⓘ Tubman Museum ⓘ
hasNickname	The Cherry Blossom Capital of the World ⓘ The Heart of Georgia ⓘ The Song and Soul of the South ⓘ
hasSportsTeam	Macon Bacon ⓘ Macon Mayhem ⓘ
hasUniversity	Mercer University ⓘ Middle Georgia State University ⓘ
hasUTCOffset	UTC−05:00 ⓘ
hasUTCOffsetDST	UTC−04:00 ⓘ
incorporatedAsCity	1834 ⓘ
incorporatedAsTown	1823 ⓘ
isBirthplaceOf	Huff-Daland Aero Corporation ⓘ surface form: Delta Air Lines predecessor Huff Daland Dusters
isCountySeatOf	Bibb County ⓘ surface form: Bibb County, Georgia
isPartOf	central Georgia ⓘ surface form: Central Georgia central Georgia ⓘ surface form: Middle Georgia
knownFor	antebellum architecture ⓘ cherry blossom festival ⓘ historic downtown ⓘ rich musical heritage ⓘ role in the history of soul and rock music ⓘ
KöppenClimateClassification	Cfa ⓘ
locatedIn	Bibb County ⓘ surface form: Bibb County, Georgia Georgia ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Ocmulgee River ⓘ
mergedWith	Bibb County ⓘ surface form: Bibb County, Georgia
namedAfter	Macon, North Carolina ⓘ Nathaniel Macon ⓘ
population	approximately 150000 ⓘ
populationCensusYear	2020 ⓘ
postalCodeRange	31201–31220 ⓘ
servedByHighway	Interstate 16 ⓘ Interstate 475 ⓘ Interstate 75 ⓘ