Named after U.S. Senator from the State of North Carolina, Nathaniel Macon, who procured the funds to build the facility, Fort Macon was designed by Brig. Gen. Simon Bernard and built by the US Army Corps of Engineers.
The county was organized January 6, 1837 and named for Nathaniel Macon, a Revolutionary War hero and North Carolina politician.
Nathaniel Hawthorne | Mâcon | Macon, Georgia | Nathaniel Lyon | Nathaniel P. Banks | Macon | Nathaniel Bowditch | Nathaniel Philbrick | Uncle Dave Macon | Nathaniel Dance | Nathaniel Westlake | Nathaniel Rosen | Nathaniel Wallich | Nathaniel Parker Willis | Nathaniel Lardner | Nathaniel Kahn | Macon and Brunswick Railroad | Nathaniel Peabody Rogers | Nathaniel L. Carpenter | Nathaniel Kern | Nathaniel Heckford | Nathaniel Greene | Nathaniel Bacon | Macon County | Eddie Macon's Run | Return to Macon County | Nathaniel W. Watkins | Nathaniel Wheeler | Nathaniel T. Oaks | Nathaniel Thayer |