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| Name | Macon |
| Alt names | Macon | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 39.833°N 92.55°W |
| Located in | Missouri, United States (1837 - ) |
| See also | Adair, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Chariton, Missouri, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Knox, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Putnam, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Randolph, Missouri, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Schuyler, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Scotland, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Macon County is a county located in Northeast Missouri in the United States. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the county's population was 15,566. Its county seat is Macon. The county was organized January 6, 1837 and named for Nathaniel Macon, a Revolutionary War hero and North Carolina politician. Nathaniel Tuttle was the first person to settle in Macon County during the late 1790s.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1837 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1837 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1837 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1838 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1840 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1850 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1883 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1887 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1840 | 6,034
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| 1850 | 6,565
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| 1860 | 14,346
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| 1870 | 23,230
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| 1880 | 26,222
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| 1890 | 30,575
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| 1900 | 33,018
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| 1910 | 30,868
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| 1920 | 27,518
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| 1930 | 23,070
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| 1940 | 21,396
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| 1950 | 18,332
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| 1960 | 16,473
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| 1970 | 15,432
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| 1980 | 16,313
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| 1990 | 15,345
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~momacon/
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