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Macon (/ ˈ m eɪ k ən / MAY-kən), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in Georgia, United States. Situated near the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is 85 miles (137 km) southeast of Atlanta and near the state's geographic center—hence its nickname "The Heart of Georgia". Macon's population was 157,346 in the ...
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. [3] A July 2017 estimate placed the population at 228,914. [4] In 2022, its estimated population was 235,805. [5]
There are six middle schools. Appling Middle School; Ballard-Hudson Middle School - built in 1949 after the merger of Ballard High School (originally Lewis High School, established in 1868 by the American Missionary Association) and Hudson High School, a public industrial high school
The Georgia Forestry Commission is giving Macon-Bibb County more than a quarter-million dollars to plant 455 large trees in about seven public parks to reduce the effects of urban heat islands in ...
Bronson, who worked as a firefighter and senior human resources officer for the U.S. Reserves, said the biggest challenges facing Macon-Bibb are communication, economic stability and development ...
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Macon is the region's retail and trade center and the Macon-Bibb county serves as the region's center of employment. [5] The Middle Georgia region has been competitive in the United States in terms of economic growth and stability, but within the state of Georgia, the region has not experienced much growth. [4]