page_title: Macon County, North Carolina
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Macon County, North Carolina / History
caption_attribution_description: The tower from the 1881 courthouse, which was placed on a pedestal made from bricks of the building on one quadrant of the town square following its demolition in 1972.
context_page_description: Macon County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 33,922. Its county seat is Franklin.
  Macon County is the home of the Nantahala River. The Nantahala is one of the most popular whitewater rafting destinations in the nation.
context_section_description: The county was formed in 1828 from the western part of Haywood County.  It was named for Nathaniel Macon, who represented North Carolina in the United States House of Representatives from 1791 to 1815 (serving as Speaker of the House from 1801 to 1807), and in the United States Senate from 1815 to 1828.
  In 1839 the western part of Macon County became Cherokee County.  In 1851 parts of Macon County and Haywood County were combined to form Jackson County.
caption: The clock tower from the old Macon County Courthouse (1881-1972)
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