City (pop., 2000: 97,255), central Georgia, U.S. A fort was built near the site, and in 1806 a settlement grew up around it.
Macon was laid out across the river in 1823, and it annexed the settlement in 1829; the town was named for Nathaniel Macon . During the American Civil War , it was a Confederate supply depot. A distribution centre in an agricultural region, it is the site of several institutions of higher learning and Robins Air Force Base, as well as the birthplace of the poet Sidney Lanier (184281).