Addresses for County Courthouse and IRAD:

Established:		January 19, 1829 (Laws, 1829, p. 28)
Origin of the name of the county:
	Named for Nathaniel Macon, a Colonel during the Revolution and later a Representative and United States Senator in Congress from North Carolina. He strenuously opposed the adoption of the United States Constitution as conferring powers on the Federal government, which should be reserved, to the states.
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in:
	1821–1829	Shelby
	1821–1827	Fayette
	1821–1829	Sangamon
	1819–1821	Clark
	1817–1821	Bond
	1816–1819	Crawford
	1812–1817	Madison
	1815–1816	Edwards
	1801–1812	St. Clair
	1790–1801	Knox, Northwest Territory
County Seat:
	1829–1830	Home of James Ward
	1830–	Decatur
History of county governing board:
	1829–1849	County Commissioners’ Court
	1849–1860	County Court
	1860–	County Board of Supervisors
Township Government
	Adoption:	November 8, 1859
Township Names:
	Austin
	Blue Mound
	Decatur
	Friends Creek
	Harristown	Name changed from Harris in May, 1860.
	Hickory Point	Name changed from Hickory in May, 1860.
	Illini	Formed from Harristown in February, 1864.
	Long Creek
	Maroa
	Milam	Formed from Mt. Zion (date unknown).
	Mt. Zion
	Niantic
	Oakley
	Pleasant View	Formed from Blue Mound and South Macon (date unknown).
	South Macon
	South Wheatland
	Whitmore