Macon’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Macon. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Macon was platted in 1856. Like the county itself, Macon was named for Nathaniel Macon. A post office called "Macon City" was established in 1856, and the name was changed to Macon in 1892.
The Western Baptist Bible College opened its two-story Macon campus in January 1892, having previously been established in Independence, Missouri. The college considers itself to be the "oldest African American school west of the Mississippi River". It continued operations in Macon until it was finally relocated to its present-day campus at the Ridge Estate in Kansas City, in September 1920.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Macon’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Macon’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewBird's eye view of Macon City, Ma…, 1869: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Macon, decade by decade
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Bird's eye view of Macon City, Macon County, Missouri 1869 (1869) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.