page_title: Macon, Georgia
section_title: Community
hierarchical_section_title: Macon, Georgia / Arts and culture / Points of interest / Community
caption_attribution_description: English: Macon Auditorium, Macon, Georgia This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 71000262
context_page_description: Macon, officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Georgia. Macon lies near the state's geographic center, about 85 miles southeast of Atlanta—hence the city's nickname, "The Heart of Georgia".
  Located near the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, Macon had a 2019 estimated population of 153,159. It is the principal city of the Macon Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 228,914 in 2017. Macon is also the largest city in the Macon–Warner Robins Combined Statistical Area, a larger trading area with an estimated 420,693 residents in 2017; the CSA abuts the Atlanta metropolitan area just to the north.
  In a 2012 referendum, voters approved the consolidation of the governments of the City of Macon and Bibb County, and Macon became Georgia's fourth-largest city. The two governments officially merged on January 1, 2014.
  Macon is served by three interstate highways: I-16, I-75, and I-475.
  The city has several institutions of higher education, as well as numerous museums and tourism sites. The area is served by Middle Georgia Regional Airport and Herbert Smart Downtown Airport.
context_section_description: City Hall, Georgia's capitol for part of the Civil War
  Douglass Theatre, named for its founder Charles Henry Douglas. An entrepreneur from a prominent black family, he was an established theatre developer well versed in the vaudeville and entertainment business. The theatre has undergone modern renovations and hosts numerous theatrical events.
  The Grand Opera House, where the Macon Symphony Orchestra performs
  Hay House - also known as the "Johnston-Felton-Hay House," it has  been referred to as the "Palace of the South"
  City Auditorium, the world's largest true copper dome
  Macon Coliseum
  Macon Little Theatre, established in 1934, the area's oldest community theatre, producing seven plays/musicals per season
  Waddell Barnes Botanical Gardens
  Theatre Macon, which is in the old Ritz theatre where they perform around nine shows a year
caption: Macon City Auditorium -- World's Largest True Copper Dome
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