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History · Macon

Macon’s history is
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The public archives hold only 6 old photos of Macon. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

6old images & papers
8historic places
4need a date
From Macon’s archive · credits on each photo

The story

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In 1817, Jackson's Military Road was built at the urging of Andrew Jackson to provide a direct connection between Nashville and New Orleans. The road crossed the Noxubee River just west of Macon, located at the old Choctaw village of Taladega, now the site of the local golf club. The road declined in importance in the 1840s, largely due to the difficulty of travel in the swamps surrounding the Noxubee River in and west of Macon.

The route for the most part was replaced by the Robinson Road, which ran through Agency and Louisville before joining the Natchez Trace, bypassing Macon.

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Timeline

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1930s2 items · Goodwin-Harrison HouseCommons
1940–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo4 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewGoodwin-Harrison House, 1936: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

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Carey BellCarey BellMusicGSGene ShortSportsMargaret Murray WashingtonMargaret Murray WashingtonScience & MedicineBWBen Ames WilliamsWriting & ArtsMarie Bankhead OwenMarie Bankhead OwenWriting & ArtsVictoria Clay HaleyVictoria Clay HaleyBusiness
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Macon, decade by decade

1930s2 items
Goodwin-Harrison HouseCommonsGoodwin-Harrison House1936Yates House, Macon (Noxubee County, Mississippi)CommonsYates House, Macon (Noxubee County, Mississippi)1936
1940s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Noxubee RiverCommonsDate?Noxubee RiverCline HouseLOCDate?Cline HouseRichardson HouseLOCDate?Richardson HouseScales HouseLOCDate?Scales House
Today11 photos
Black Prairie Blues - Mississippi Blues Trail MarkerCommonsBlack Prairie Blues - Mississippi Blues Trail Marker2023MS145 South Sign - North ofCommonsMS145 South Sign - North of2018MS145 South MS14 West SignsCommonsMS145 South MS14 West Signs2018Fisher Rhymes HouseCommonsFisher Rhymes House2018The original building of Central Academy (Macon, Mississippi) taken December 12, 2017CommonsThe original building of Central Academy (Macon, Mississipp…2017Hotel Thomas JeffersonCommonsHotel Thomas Jefferson2011WILLIAM HENRY SCALES HOUSECommonsWILLIAM HENRY SCALES HOUSE2008OLD NOXUBEE COUNTY JAILCommonsOLD NOXUBEE COUNTY JAIL2008OLD NOXUBEE COUNTY JAIL OF 1870CommonsOLD NOXUBEE COUNTY JAIL OF 18702008MAUDWINCommonsMAUDWIN2008Macon-ms-noxubee-courthouseCommonsMacon-ms-noxubee-courthouse2006
National Register of Historic Places

8 historic places in Macon

Macon has 8 listings on the National Register, and they protect 201 historic buildings, because Macon Historic District alone counts 191.

#35
In Mississippiby listings · most towns there have none
8places listed7 buildings · 1 district
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
201historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1979first listedOld Noxubee County Jail · newest: William Henry Scales House, 2002

Where they are

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Goodwin-Harrison HouseYates-Flora HouseMacon Historic DistrictOld Noxubee County JailMaudwinOld Noxubee County Jail of 1870McGeehee-Ames HouseWilliam Henry Scales House
BuildingsDistricts

When they were listed

The Register began in 1966. Macon’s busiest decade was the 1980s.
Goodwin-Harrison HouseListed 1980Goodwin-Harrison HouseBuilt 1852ArchitectureYates-Flora HouseListed 1982Yates-Flora HouseBuilt 1868ArchitectureMacon Historic DistrictListed 2002Macon Historic DistrictDistrictTown planningArchitectureListed 1979Old Noxubee County JailBuildingArchitectureListed 1985MaudwinBuildingArchitectureListed 1991Old Noxubee County Jail of 1870BuildingLawListed 1992McGeehee-Ames HouseBuildingArchitectureListed 2002William Henry Scales HouseBuildingArchitecture
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

2 places, years apart
Goodwin-Harrison HouseGoodwin-Harrison House⇆ 1936 · CommonsToday · Wikidata
Goodwin-Harrison HouseDrag to compare · matched automatically from the two captions

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📜 Brooksville📜 Shuqualak📜 Crawford📜 Memphis

From Wikimedia Commons (14), the Library of Congress (3) and the National Register (7). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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