Macon, Alabama

This article is about the unincorporated community in Calhoun County. For the county, see Macon County, Alabama.

Macon, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 33°43′50″N 86°04′38″W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Calhoun
Elevation	505 ft (154 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	256 & 938
GNIS feature ID	166222[1]

Macon, also known as Macon Quarters, is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Alabama, United States.

History

A post office operated under the name Macon from 1891 to 1903. Macon was named for the city in Georgia.^[2] The town was heavily damaged on March 25, 2021 when an EF3 tornado moved directly through it, damaging or destroying several homes, mobile homes, and trees.^[3]

References

1. "Macon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. "Calhoun County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
3. "NWS Damage Survey for 03/25/21 Tornado Event - Update # 7". Iowa Environmental Mesonet. National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Birmingham, Alabama. April 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.