Do you know of Macon ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Macon. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Macon.
Our sources for Macon (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Macon other than they indicate that Macon would be found somewhere in Lexington County, South Carolina.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1902 and closed in 1906.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Macon ...
We found 22 communities that share the name Macon.
Within South Carolina, the name Macon is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Calhoun County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Macon [Calhoun County].
- Arkansas
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Macon [Jefferson County].
- Pulaski County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Macon [Pulaski County].
- Florida
- Georgia
- Bibb County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Macon [Bibb County].
- Idaho
- Camas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Macon [Camas County].
- Illinois
- Macon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Macon [Macon County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Hart County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Macon [Hart County].
- Michigan
- Lenawee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Macon [Lenawee County].
- Monroe County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Macon [Monroe County].
- Mississippi
- Noxubee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Macon [Noxubee County].
- Missouri
- Macon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Macon [Macon County].
- Montana
- Dawson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Macon [Dawson County].
- Roosevelt County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Macon [Roosevelt County].
- Nebraska
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Macon [Franklin County].
- North Carolina
- Warren County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Macon [Warren County].
- Ohio
- Brown County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Macon [Brown County].
- Tennessee
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Macon [Fayette County].
- Texas
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Macon [Franklin County].
- Virginia
- Powhatan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Macon [Powhatan County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Macon ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Macon:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Lexington County ...
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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Lexington County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Macon could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |