Macon may refer to:

Places

Belgium

Macon, Belgium Macon is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Momignies, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. The town has approximately 500 people, and is about 10 miles west of Chimay, near the French border. Nearby lies the sit ...

France

Mâcon Mâcon (), historically anglicised as Mascon, is a city in east-central France. It is the prefecture of the department of Saône-et-Loire in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Mâcon is home to near 34,000 residents, who are referred to in French as ...

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 capita ...

**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; the ...

wine from that region

United States of America

Macon, Alabama Macon, also known as Macon Quarters, is an unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the U ...

* Macon, Georgia *

Macon, Illinois Macon is a town in Macon County, Illinois, United States whose population was 1,138 at the 2010 census, and 1,120 at a 2018 estimate. It is included in the Decatur, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area and lies 11 miles South of Decatur. His ...

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 ...

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 ...

Macon, Nebraska Macon is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Nebraska, United States. Macon is located at . History A post office was established at Macon in 1873, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1955. It was named after Macon, ...

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 Macon ...

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 g ...

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, ...

, a river in Arkansas and Louisiana *

Fort Macon State Park Fort Macon State Park is a North Carolina state park in Carteret County, North Carolina, in the United States. Located on Bogue Banks near Atlantic Beach, the park opened in 1936. Fort Macon State Park is the second most visited state park in Nor ...

, North Carolina **

Battle of Fort Macon The siege of Fort Macon took place from March 23 to April 26, 1862, on the Outer Banks of Carteret County, North Carolina. It was part of Union Army General Ambrose E. Burnside's North Carolina Expedition during the American Civil War. In late ...

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 Medieval France * County ...

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, the ...

U.S. Navy ships

*, an airship built in 1933 *, a cruiser built in 1945

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 with this name * Mark Macon (born 1969), former American professional basketball player * Max ...

Colleges

* Randolph-Macon College, a private liberal arts college in Ashland, Virginia *

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 Midd ...

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

Randolph-Macon Academy Randolph-Macon Academy (R-MA) is a coeducational private boarding school with an elite Air Force JROTC component. R-MA serves students in grades 6-12 and maintains 100% college acceptance rate every year with each class averaging over $14 million ...

(R-MA), a coeducational college preparatory school for students in grades 6–12 and postgraduates in Front Royal, Virginia, USA

Railways

Covington and Macon Railroad Founded in 1885, the Covington and Macon Railroad began operations in 1887 between Macon and Hillsboro, Georgia, USA. It eventually stretched , operating from Macon to Athens, Georgia, however it went bankrupt and was sold at public auction in ...

began operations in 1887 between Macon and Hillsboro, Georgia, USA *

Macon and Northern Railway In 1891, the Macon and Northern Railroad was established and took over the failed Covington and Macon Railroad. It operated of track between Macon and Athens, Georgia, USA. The M&N Railroad went bankrupt in 1894 and was then reorganized as the M ...

(169 km) of track between Macon and Athens, Georgia, USA

Other

*A symmetric type of

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used in the sport of rowing *

Macon (food) Macon is a cured and smoked form of mutton. Macon is prepared in a similar manner to bacon, with the meat being either dry cured with large quantities of salt or wet cured with brine Brine is a high-concentration solution of salt (NaCl) in wat ...

, a bacon substitute *

Macon Library Macon Library is a branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, located in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. The branch, opened in 1907, was the borough's eleventh Carnegie library. Richard A. Walker designed Macon i ...

, 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 depiction of a Muhamma ...

*''Macon'', first half of the double-album '' Macon, Georgia by Jason Aldean *

Macón (horse) Macón was an undefeated Argentinian Thoroughbred The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refer ...

, an Argentinian racehorse