Macon may refer to:

Places

Belgium

Macon, Belgium Macon () is a village of Wallonia and a district of the Municipalities of Belgium, municipality of Momignies, located in the Hainaut Province, province of Hainaut, Belgium. The town has approximately 500 people, and is about 10 miles west of Chima ...

, a village

France

* Arrondissement of Mâcon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté **

Mâcon Mâcon (), historically Anglicization, anglicised as Mascon, is a city in east-central France. It is the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Saône-et-Loire in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Mâcon is home t ...

, a city **

Ancient Diocese of Mâcon The former bishopric of Mâcon was located in Burgundy. The bishopric of Macon was established as a suffragan of Lyon. The existence of Mâcon as a separate diocese ended at the French Revolution. History The city of Mâcon, formerly the capit ...

** Mâcon, another name for the

Mâconnais The Mâconnais () district is located in the south of the Burgundy wine region in France, west of the Saône river. It takes its name from the town of Mâcon. It is best known as a source of good value white wines made from the Chardonnay grape; t ...

wine from that region

United States

* Macon, Alabama, an unincorporated community *

Macon, Georgia Macon ( ), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. Situated near the Atlantic Seaboard fall line, fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is southeast of Atlanta and near the ...

, a consolidated city-county *

Macon metropolitan area, Georgia The Macon metropolitan area is a metropolitan statistical area consisting of five counties in Central Georgia, anchored by the principal city of Macon. At the 2010 U.S. census, the five-county area had a population of 232,293. A July 2017 estim ...

Macon, Illinois Macon is a city in Macon County, Illinois, United States whose population was 1,177 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Decatur, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area and lies south of Decatur. History The city was named after Nathani ...

, a town *

Macon, Mississippi Macon is a city in Noxubee County, Mississippi along the Noxubee River. The population was 2,768 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Noxubee County. History In 1817, Jackson's Military Road was built at the urging of Andrew Jackson to p ...

, a city *

Macon, Missouri Macon is a city in and the county seat of Macon County, Missouri, United States. The population was 5,457 at the 2020 census. History Macon was platted in 1856. Like the county, Macon was named for Nathaniel Macon. A post office called "Macon C ...

, a city * Macon, Nebraska, an unincorporated community *

Macon, North Carolina Macon is a town located in Warren County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 119. It is named for Nathaniel Macon, long-time Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Geography Accor ...

, a town *

Macon, Tennessee Macon is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, Tennessee, United States. The community is located at the intersection of two state highways, State Route 193 (Macon Road) and State Route 194 (Oakland Road going north and Rossville Road ...

, an unincorporated community * Macon, Texas, an unincorporated community * Macon, Virginia, an unincorporated community *

Macon County (disambiguation) Macon County may refer to: United States * Macon County, Alabama * Macon County, Georgia * Macon County, Illinois * Macon County, Missouri * Macon County, North Carolina ** Macon County Airport * Macon County, Tennessee Macon County is a Cou ...

Macon Township (disambiguation) Macon Township may refer to: * Macon Township, Bureau County, Illinois * Macon Township, Harvey County, Kansas *Macon Township, Michigan Macon Township is a civil township of Lenawee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, ...

Bayou Macon Bayou Macon is a bayou in Arkansas and Louisiana. It begins in Desha County, Arkansas, and flows south, between the Boeuf River to its west and the Mississippi River to its east, before joining Joe's Bayou south of Delhi in Richland Parish, Lou ...

, a river in Arkansas and Louisiana * Fort Macon, Fort Macon State Park, North Carolina

Naval vessels

* , an airship built in 1933 * , a planned patrol frigate cancelled in 1943 * , a cruiser built in 1945 * CSS ''Macon'', a Confederate Civil War gunboat * SS ''Macon'', a 1918 coal ship built by the

McDougall Duluth Shipbuilding Company The McDougall Duluth Shipbuilding Company was a large-scale wartime ship manufacturing shipyard, located at Riverside (Duluth), the city of Riverside, near Duluth. McDougall Duluth Shipbuilding was at 110 Spring Street, Duluth, Minnesota, now th ...

for World War II, renamed SS ''Lake Helen'' before delivery

People

Macon (surname) Macon is a surname. It may be derived from French Maçon or Mâcon, meaning "marsh dweller", or a variant of the occupational surname Mason. People surnamed Macon or Maçon include: * Daryl Macon (born 1995), American basketball player for Macca ...

, a list of people surnamed Macon or Maçon *

Macon (given name) Macon is a masculine given name borne by: * Macon Bolling Allen (1816–1894), believed to be the first African American to become a lawyer and to argue before a jury, and the second to hold a judicial position in the United States * Macon Blair ...

, a list of people *

Count of Mâcon Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...

, a Burgundian title

Schools in the United States

Macon State College Macon State College was a four-year state college unit of the University System of Georgia. On Jan. 8, 2013, it was merged with Middle Georgia College into a new institution, Middle Georgia State College, which was renamed on July 1, 2015 to ...

, a former four-year state college unit of the University System of Georgia *

Macon Early College The Macon Early College high school is part of the early college program. It is located next to the Macon County branch of Southwestern Community College and Macon County's public library in Franklin, NC. Southwestern Community College is a p ...

, a high school in Franklin, North Carolina, United States *

Macon High School (Illinois) Meridian High School is a public four-year high school located in Macon, Illinois. It is located about nine miles south of Decatur, Illinois. Its first year of existence was the fall of 1994, when it was formed by the merger of the Macon School ...

, Macon, Illinois *

Macon High School (Mississippi) Macon High School was a public secondary school in Macon, Mississippi Macon is a city in Noxubee County, Mississippi along the Noxubee River. The population was 2,768 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Noxubee County. History In 181 ...

, Macon, Mississippi *

Macon High School (Missouri) Macon High School is a public secondary school in Macon, Missouri. References Public high schools in Missouri High schools in Macon County, Missouri Educational institutions in the United States with year of establishment missing High ...

, Macon, Missouri *

Macon County High School Macon County High School is located in Montezuma, Georgia, United States, which is a part of Macon County. Enrollment as of the 2017- 2018 school year is 491. History Macon County High School was established in the late 1950s as a school for ...

, Montezuma, Georgia

Sports

Teams

Based in Macon, Georgia

* Macon Bacon, a collegiate summer baseball team *

Macon Knights The Macon Knights were a professional arena football team, playing in the af2 league. They were a 2001 expansion member of af2. They played their home games at Macon Coliseum. The Knights were owned and operated by Beverly Olson. The Knights wer ...

, a former arena football team *

Macon Mayhem The Macon Mayhem is an SPHL team based in Macon, Georgia that plays in the Macon Coliseum. The team was formerly the Augusta RiverHawks, which suspended operations for the 2013–14 season due to an ice-system failure at James Brown Arena. Histo ...

, a minor league ice hockey team *

Macon Music The Macon Music were a short-lived minor league baseball team, based in Macon, Georgia. The club played its home games at Luther Williams Field, under manager Phil Plantier. A member of the South Coast League, Macon won the league's second half t ...

, a short-lived minor league baseball team *

Macon Peaches The Macon Peaches was the predominant name of the American minor league baseball franchise representing Macon, Georgia, during the 20th century. Although Macon did not field teams during and immediately after World War I, the height of the Great ...

, a former minor league baseball team * Macon Steel, a former indoor football team *

Macon Trax The Macon Trax were a minor-league professional ice hockey team based in Macon, Georgia. They played in the low minor league Atlantic Coast Hockey League (2002–03), World Hockey Association 2 (2003–04), and Southern Professional Hockey Leagu ...

, a former minor league ice hockey team *

Macon Whoopee (CHL) The Macon Whoopee was a professional ice hockey team that played from 1996 until 2001 in the Central Hockey League (CHL). Located in Macon, Georgia, the team played its home games at the Macon Coliseum. History A professional ice hockey team k ...

, a Central Hockey League ice hockey team from 1996 to 2001 *

Macon Whoopee (ECHL) The Macon Whoopee were a professional ice hockey team that played in the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) during the 2001–02 season. Based in Macon, Georgia, the team played its home games at Macon Coliseum. History Prior to the 2001–02 EC ...

, an East Coast Hockey League ice hockey team during the 2001–02 season * Macon Whoopees (SHL), a Southern Hockey League ice hockey team during the 1973–74 season

Based elsewhere

* Macon Athletics, a former minor league baseball team based in Macon, Missouri

Other sports

* Macon Open, a former Nike Tour golf tournament held in Macon, Georgia *

Macon Open (tennis) The Macon Open also known as the Macon Indoor is a defunct men's tennis tournament played from 1968 to 1972. It was held in Macon, Georgia in the United States and played on indoor carpet courts. From 1968 through 1971 the tournament was part of t ...

, a former tennis tournament held in Macon, Georgia *

Macon Coliseum The Macon Coliseum is a multi-purpose arena in Macon, Georgia, United States. It is home to the Macon Mayhem, a minor-league hockey team in the SPHL. The Centerplex was home to the Macon Whoopee (ECHL), Macon Whoopee (CHL) and Macon Trax ice ...

, a multi-purpose arena in Macon, Georgia * Macon Speedway, Macon, Illinois, a dirt oval * A symmetric type of oar used in the sport of rowing

Other uses

Macon Hotel The Macon Hotel is a historic building in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. The hotel, completed in 1888, served noted jazz musicians in the 20th century. It was listed on the Columbus Register of Historic Properties in 1983. The ...

, a historic building in Columbus, Ohio, United States * Macon Downtown Airport, a public-use airport near Macon, Georgia * Macon (food), a bacon substitute *

Macon Library Macon Library is a branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, located in the Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. The branch, opened in 1907, was Boroughs of New York City, the borough's eleve ...

, a branch library in Brooklyn, New York * A variant spelling of

Mahound Mahound and Mahoun are variant forms of the name Muhammad, often found in medieval and later European literature. The name has been used in the past by Christian writers to vilify Muhammad. It was especially connected to the demonization of Muham ...

, itself a derogatory spelling of Muhammad * ''

Le maçon ' (French for ''The Mason'') is an ''opéra comique'' in three acts by Daniel Auber to a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Germain Delavigne. It premiered at the Opéra-Comique Salle Feydeau in Paris on 3 May 1825. It was to become Auber's first ...

'', an 1825 French opéra comique * ''Macon'', first half of the double-album ''

'' by Jason Aldean * Macón (horse), an Argentinian racehorse * Macon, an early American automobile intended to be produced by the All-Steel Motor Car Co., which went bankrupt