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:: Bibb County :: 
 
County December 9, 1822 Formed 
County Seat Macon 
Incorporated Macon and Payne City Cities 
Total Area 250 square miles 
History The county, the 54th county formed, was named for Dr. William Wyatt Bibb. Dr. Bibb lived in Elbert County, and served in the U.S. House of Representatives in the U.S. Senate. He was appointed governor of the Territory of Alabama in 1816 and became the first elected governor of that state. 
Macon was incorporated in 1823 and named after Senator Nathaniel Macon of North Carolina - the home state of most of the early white settlers in the area. Macon's City Hall served as the temporary state capitol from November 1864 to March 1865. 
Macon is home to Wesleyan College, founded in 1836 as the Georgia Female College, the first college in the world chartered to grant degrees to women. 
In Macon there are 11 National Register Historic Districts and 2 national Historic Landmark as well as a national monument. 
 
Points of Macon is home to the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and the Georgia Sports Interest Hall of Fame. These two facilities play an integral role in the ongoing 
revitalization of downtown Macon. 
The Italian Renaissance Revival Mansion, the Hay House, was built in the 1850. This National Historic Landmark is over 18,000 square feet and has 24 rooms decorated with museum pieces. 
Georgia's largest African American museum, Tubman African American Museum, offers fourteen exhibition galleries, a resource center and magnificent 63-foot mural depicting African-American art, history and culture. Permanent collections are accompanied by touring national and international exhibitions by well-known African American artists. 
The Douglas Theatre, built in 1921 by black entrepreneur Charles Douglass, is a restored historic theatre that has hosted greats like Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ida Cox and Cab Calloway. The Douglass Theatre now pays tribute to the African American influence on film and theatre 
 
Fickling House, Macon 
 
Notable Two notable Georgians from Bibb County are Sidney Clopton Lanier Citizens (1842-1881), poet, author, and musician, and the late Otis Redding, the 
recording star whose hits included "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay". 
The Italian Renaissance Revival Mansion, the Hay House, was built in the 1850. This National Historic Landmark is over 18,000 square feet and has 24 rooms decorated with museum pieces. 
 
Higher Macon State College, Wesleyan College, Mercer University, and Central Education Georgia Technical College. 
 
Douglass Theatre, Macon 
 
Annual The most popular event in the county is the Macon International Cherry Events Blossom Festival held in March. The city has more Yoshino cherry trees 
than anywhere else in the world, and people come to the annual festival to see the trees. 
Other festivals include the annual First Night Macon, Tubman Museum Pan African Festival in May, and the Georgia State Fair. 
County http://www.co.bibb.ga.us 
Additional http://www.georgiaplanning.com/CountyPortal/countyportal.asp? County Info FIPS=13021 
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