19-470: Macon County Courthouse may refer to: Macon County Courthouse (Alabama) , Tuskegee, Alabama Macon County Courthouse (Georgia) , Oglethorpe, Georgia Macon County Courthouse and Annex , Macon, Missouri Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Macon County Courthouse . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
38-425: A household in the county was $ 21,180, and the median income for a family was $ 28,511. Males had a median income of $ 25,971 versus $ 21,773 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 13,714. About 26.80% of families and 32.80% of the population were below the poverty line , including 43.80% of those under age 18 and 26.00% of those age 65 or over. Macon County has been overwhelmingly Democratic for most of
57-423: Is a historic county courthouse in downtown Tuskegee, Alabama , county seat of Macon County, Alabama . A brick courthouse was constructed in the middle of the 19th century, replacing wooden structures used earlier. The current courthouse, an example of Romanesque Revival architecture , was designed by J.W. Golucke and built in 1905 (completed in 1906). It includes gargoyles . A monument to confederate soldiers
76-2479: Is located nearby. The courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 17, 1978. See also [ edit ] List of county courthouses in Alabama References [ edit ] ^ "National Register Information System" . National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . July 9, 2010. ^ Macon Encyclopedia of Alabama ^ Macon County Courthouse Waymarking v t e U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Alabama Lists by county Autauga Baldwin Barbour Bibb Blount Bullock Butler Calhoun Chambers Cherokee Chilton Choctaw Clarke Clay Cleburne Coffee Colbert Conecuh Coosa Covington Crenshaw Cullman Dale Dallas DeKalb Elmore Escambia Etowah Fayette Franklin Geneva Greene Hale Henry Houston Jackson Jefferson Lamar Lauderdale Lawrence Lee Limestone Lowndes Macon Madison Marengo Marion Marshall Mobile Monroe Montgomery Morgan Perry Pickens Pike Randolph Russell St. Clair Shelby Sumter Talladega Tallapoosa Tuscaloosa Walker Washington Wilcox Winston [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Lists by city Birmingham Mobile Other lists Bridges Multiple Property Submissions National Historic Landmarks Keeper of
95-488: The United States Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 613 square miles (1,590 km ), of which 609 square miles (1,580 km ) is land and 4.3 square miles (11 km ) (0.7%) is water. As of the 2020 United States census , there were 19,532 people, 7,474 households, and 4,279 families residing in the county. As of the 2010 United States census , there were 21,452 people living in
114-819: The Creek, following the US Congress' passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The Creek were removed to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River . The new settlers brought slaves with them from eastern areas of the South or purchased them at the slave market in Montgomery, New Orleans or Mobile. They developed the county for large cotton plantations. In the first half of the twentieth century, thousands of African-Americans migrated out of
133-536: The Kartographer extension Macon County, Alabama Macon County is a county located in the east central part of the U.S. state of Alabama . As of the 2020 census , the population was 19,532. Its county seat is Tuskegee . Its name is in honor of Nathaniel Macon , a member of the United States Senate from North Carolina . Developed for cotton plantation agriculture in
152-743: The National Register of Historic Places in Alabama Government buildings completed in 1906 Romanesque Revival architecture in Alabama 1906 establishments in Alabama Hidden categories: Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas Articles using NRISref without a reference number Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata Coordinates on Wikidata Pages using
171-608: The Register History of the National Register of Historic Places Property types Historic district Contributing property Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Macon_County_Courthouse_(Alabama)&oldid=1224866222 " Categories : National Register of Historic Places in Macon County, Alabama County courthouses in Alabama Courthouses on
190-512: The county to industrial cities in the North and Midwest for job opportunities, and the chance to escape legal segregation. Those who remained have struggled for employment in the mostly rural county, and population has declined by about one-third since 1950. Before 1983, Macon County was primarily known as the home of historic Tuskegee Institute, now Tuskegee University , and its noted founder and first president, Booker T. Washington . According to
209-563: The county was 84.64% Black or African American , 13.96% White , 0.16% Native American , 0.38% Asian , 0.13% from other races , and 0.73% from two or more races. 0.72% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 8,950 households, out of which 28.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 31.70% were married couples living together, 25.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.10% were non-families. 33.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.90% had someone living alone who
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#1732797604308228-525: The county. 82.6% were Black or African American , 15.5% White , 0.4% Asian , 0.1% Native American , 0.3% of some other race and 1.1% of two or more races . 1.1% were Hispanic or Latino (of any race). As of the census of 2000, there were 24,105 people, 8,950 households, and 5,543 families living in the county. The population density was 40 people per square mile (15 people/km ). There were 10,627 housing units at an average density of 17 units per square mile (6.6 units/km ). The racial makeup of
247-527: The 💕 United States historic place Macon County Courthouse U.S. National Register of Historic Places [REDACTED] Macon County Courthouse 1977 photograph by Calvin Beale [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Show map of Alabama [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Show map of the United States [REDACTED] Interactive map showing
266-542: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Macon_County_Courthouse&oldid=964461841 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Macon County Courthouse (Alabama) Coordinates : 32°25′28″N 85°41′27″W / 32.42444°N 85.69083°W / 32.42444; -85.69083 From Misplaced Pages,
285-615: The location of Macon County Courthouse Location E. Northside and N. Main Sts., Tuskegee, Alabama Coordinates 32°25′28″N 85°41′27″W / 32.42444°N 85.69083°W / 32.42444; -85.69083 Area less than one acre Built 1905 ( 1905 ) Architect J.W. Golucke Architectural style Mid 19th Century Revival, Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque NRHP reference No. 78000495 Added to NRHP November 17, 1978 Macon County Courthouse
304-715: The nineteenth century, the county is considered within the Black Belt of the South. It has had a majority-black population since before the American Civil War . For thousands of years, this area was inhabited by varying cultures of indigenous peoples . The historic tribes encountered by European explorers were the Creek people , descendants of the Mississippian culture . Macon County was established by European Americans on December 18, 1832, from land ceded by
323-399: The past century and a quarter. Apart from the " dealignment " era between 1948 and 1972, and Herbert Hoover in the highly controversial 1928 election, no Republican has won so much as twenty percent of the county's vote in the past century. No Republican has obtained a majority in that time span, although Dwight D. Eisenhower won a narrow plurality in 1956. In the elections of 1980, Macon
342-458: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.13. In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.20% under the age of 18, 16.90% from 18 to 24, 22.90% from 25 to 44, 21.00% from 45 to 64, and 14.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 85.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.30 males. The median income for
361-470: Was the most Democratic county in the nation while in 1984 it was the most Democratic outside of the District of Columbia. Macon County was only 0.02 percent shy of this in 1992, when it gave both George H. W. Bush his smallest proportion outside of the District of Columbia and independent Ross Perot his smallest vote share in any county nationwide. The Sheriff of Macon County is Andre Brunson, who also
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