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Macon

City and administrative headquarters of Bibb County, central Georgia, USA, on the Ocmulgee River, 135 km/84 mi southeast of Atlanta, known as the ‘Heart of Georgia’; population (2000) 97,300. An industrial city, it produces textiles, building materials, tobacco products, farm machinery, and chemicals; it also processes fruits, pecans, and the special kaolin clay that is found nearby. It is the home of Mercer University (1833), Wesleyan College (1836), and Macon College (1968).

Macon was settled in 1806 and incorporated in 1823. Several antebellum mansions and 19th-century cottages are preserved as museums, including the home of the poet Sidney Lanier.



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