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9 unusual facts about Macon County


John V. Cox

John Cox, son of coal miner Norris Cox and wife Ruth, was born and raised in Bevier, Macon County, Missouri along with older brother Lynn and sisters Josephine and Nancy.

Macon County, Georgia

Macon County was a shooting place for the new 2013 movie, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

Macon County, Illinois

Milam (former, now defunct, after merger with Mount Zion Township)

Macon County, Missouri

The county was organized January 6, 1837 and named for Nathaniel Macon, a Revolutionary War hero and North Carolina politician.

Macon County, Tennessee

The county seat was named in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette.

Mandie

Mandie is soon reunited with her birth mother, Elizabeth, in Macon County, North Carolina in a town called Franklin, North Carolina and learns the truth about her history.

Milam Township, Macon County, Illinois

In 2009, it was merged into Mount Zion Township.

Milam Township is a former township which was located in Macon County, Illinois.

Murder of Karyn Hearn Slover

The Slovers went to court in 2002 in Macon County, where the two male Slovers were represented by Vince Vigneri.


Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church and Rosenwald School

The Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church and Rosenwald School is a historic Missionary Baptist Church and Rosenwald School located at 7 Shiloh Road, off of Alabama Highway 80, near Notasulga, Alabama in Macon County, Alabama.


see also

Nantahala

Nantahala Lake, a lake in Macon County, North Carolina, in the United States

Sinclair Skinner

Skinner has worked for numerous engineering companies including Ohmeda, Inc., Honeywell, Pillsbury, McDonnell Douglas Corporation and The Architect of the Capitol where he performed testing and development for the space shuttle’s main engine controllers, manufacturing for a flour mill company and designed roadways in Macon County, Alabama where he was an apprentice to Curtis Pierce, the first African American county engineer in Macon County, Alabama.