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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Macon, Mississippi
| settlement_type = [[City]]
| image_skyline = Macon-ms-noxubee-courthouse.jpg
| imagesize = 250px
| image_caption = Noxubee County Courthouse in Macon
| image_flag =
| image_seal =
| image_map = Noxubee_County_Mississippi_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Macon_Highlighted.svg
| mapsize = 250px
| map_caption = Location of Macon, Mississippi
| pushpin_map = USA
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the United States
| coordinates = {{coord|33|6|45|N|88|33|40|W|region:US|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = United States
| subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Mississippi]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Mississippi|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Noxubee County, Mississippi|Noxubee]]
| established_title =
| established_date =
| government_type =
| government_footnotes =
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| unit_pref = Imperial
| area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_28.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 24, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 9.98
| area_total_sq_mi = 3.85
| area_land_km2 = 9.92
| area_land_sq_mi = 3.83
| area_water_km2 = 0.06
| area_water_sq_mi = 0.02
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 60
| elevation_ft = 197
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 2582
| population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_density_km2 = 260.34
| population_density_sq_mi = 674.33
| timezone = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset = -6
| timezone_DST = CDT
| utc_offset_DST = -5
| postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code = 39341
| area_code = [[Area code 662|662]]
| blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info = 28-44240
| blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info = 0673046
| website = {{URL|http://www.cityofmacon.org}}
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'''Macon''' is a city in [[Noxubee County, Mississippi]] along the [[Noxubee River]]. The population was 2,768 at the 2010 census. It is the [[county seat]] of Noxubee County.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties|access-date=November 23, 2014}}</ref>
==History==
In 1817, [[Jackson's Military Road]] was built at the urging of [[Andrew Jackson]] to provide a direct connection between [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] and [[New Orleans]]. The road crossed the [[Noxubee River]] just west of Macon, located at the old [[Choctaw]] village of Taladega, now the site of the local golf club. The road declined in importance in the 1840s, largely due to the difficulty of travel in the swamps surrounding the Noxubee River in and west of Macon.
The route for the most part was replaced by the [[Robinson Road (Mississippi)|Robinson Road]], which ran through [[Agency, Mississippi|Agency]] and [[Louisville, Mississippi|Louisville]] before joining the [[Natchez Trace]], bypassing Macon.<ref>Love, William A., "General Jackson's Military Road," ''Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society Vol. XI'' (1910), pp. 403–17; accessed November 11, 2014.</ref>
On September 15, 1830, US government officials met with an audience of 6,000 Choctaw men, women and children at [[Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek|Dancing Rabbit Creek]] to explain the policy of [[Indian removal|removal]] through interpreters. The Choctaws faced migration west of the Mississippi River or submitting to U.S. and state law as citizens.<ref name=remini_submit_expected>
{{cite book
| last = Remini
| first = Robert
| title = Andrew Jackson
| publisher = History Book Club
| chapter = "Brothers, Listen ... You Must Submit"
| page = 272
| id = {{Listed Invalid ISBN|0-9650631-0-7}}
}}</ref>
The treaty would sign away the remaining traditional homeland to the United States; however, a provision in the treaty made removal more acceptable.<ref name=len_green>
{{cite web|url=http://www.tc.umn.edu/~mboucher/mikebouchweb/choctaw/chotreat.htm|title=Choctaw Treaties|access-date=March 21, 2008|last=Green|first=Len|date=October 1978|publisher=Bishinik|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215033006/http://www.tc.umn.edu/~mboucher/mikebouchweb/choctaw/chotreat.htm|archive-date=December 15, 2007}}</ref>
The town was named Macon on August 10, 1835, in honor of [[Nathaniel Macon]], a statesman from North Carolina.<ref>{{cite web|title=Formation of Noxubee County: Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek|url=http://noxubeealliance.com/quality-of-life-noxubee-mississipp/history-noxubee-county|access-date=December 18, 2017}}</ref>
The city served as the capital for the state of Mississippi during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] from 1863 onward.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mississippi|url=https://www.civilwar.org/visit/heritage-sites/old-capitol-museum-mississippi-history|access-date=December 18, 2017}}</ref>
The legislature was housed in the Calhoun Institute, which also housed Governor Charles Clark's office and served as one of several hospital sites in Macon.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of City of Macon & Noxubee County|url=http://www.cityofmacon.org/html/historiccity.html|access-date=December 22, 2017}}</ref>
In October 1865, Governor [[Benjamin G. Humphreys|Benjamin Humphreys]] attempted to retrieve the furniture from the governor's mansion to Jackson, however it had been either destroyed or stolen.<ref name="MDAH governors mansion">{{cite web|last1=Lohrenz|first1=Mary|title=Governor's Mansion during the Civil War|url=http://www.mdah.ms.gov/senseofplace/2010/11/17/governors-mansion-during-the-civil-war|publisher=Mississippi Department of Archives and History|access-date=December 22, 2017|date=November 17, 2010}}</ref>
On June 27, 1919, in an incident described as part of the [[Red Summer]], a mob of white citizens including a banker and a deputy sheriff, among many others, [[Macon, Mississippi, race riot|attacked prominent black citizens]].<ref name="Dadabo">{{cite book|last1=Dadabo|first1=Elizabeth|title=Historical Moments of Policing, Violence, and Resistance Series Volume 6 Chicago's Red Summer of 1919}}</ref> On May 20, 1927, [[Lynching of Dan Anderson|Dan Anderson]] was lynched in Macon.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://politicsny.com/2020/02/24/the-jim-crow-era-a-solemn-roll-call-of-those-brutally-murdered/ |accessdate=April 20, 2021 |title=The Jim Crow Era: A Solemn Roll Call Of Those Brutally Murdered |website=PoliticsNY|date=February 24, 2020 }}</ref>
==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.5|sqmi|km2}}, all land.
===Climate===
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| ___location = Macon, Mississippi (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1894–present)
| Jan record high F = 90
| Feb record high F = 90
| Mar record high F = 96
| Apr record high F = 94
| May record high F = 100
| Jun record high F = 106
| Jul record high F = 109
| Aug record high F = 111
| Sep record high F = 106
| Oct record high F = 101
| Nov record high F = 91
| Dec record high F = 86
| year record high F =
|Jan avg record high F = 73.4
|Feb avg record high F = 77.0
|Mar avg record high F = 83.0
|Apr avg record high F = 86.2
|May avg record high F = 91.1
|Jun avg record high F = 94.8
|Jul avg record high F = 96.9
|Aug avg record high F = 97.5
|Sep avg record high F = 94.2
|Oct avg record high F = 88.6
|Nov avg record high F = 80.0
|Dec avg record high F = 74.7
|year avg record high F = 98.9
| Jan high F = 54.1
| Feb high F = 58.7
| Mar high F = 66.4
| Apr high F = 74.5
| May high F = 82.0
| Jun high F = 87.8
| Jul high F = 90.3
| Aug high F = 90.5
| Sep high F = 85.7
| Oct high F = 76.3
| Nov high F = 64.9
| Dec high F = 56.5
| year high F = 74.0
| Jan mean F = 43.4
| Feb mean F = 47.1
| Mar mean F = 54.5
| Apr mean F = 62.2
| May mean F = 70.8
| Jun mean F = 77.7
| Jul mean F = 80.3
| Aug mean F = 80.1
| Sep mean F = 74.4
| Oct mean F = 63.5
| Nov mean F = 52.6
| Dec mean F = 45.5
| year mean F = 62.7
| Jan low F = 32.7
| Feb low F = 35.4
| Mar low F = 42.6
| Apr low F = 49.8
| May low F = 59.6
| Jun low F = 67.6
| Jul low F = 70.3
| Aug low F = 69.7
| Sep low F = 63.0
| Oct low F = 50.8
| Nov low F = 40.3
| Dec low F = 34.4
| year low F = 51.3
|Jan avg record low F = 16.2
|Feb avg record low F = 21.3
|Mar avg record low F = 26.8
|Apr avg record low F = 35.1
|May avg record low F = 45.2
|Jun avg record low F = 57.7
|Jul avg record low F = 64.1
|Aug avg record low F = 62.1
|Sep avg record low F = 49.4
|Oct avg record low F = 35.1
|Nov avg record low F = 25.9
|Dec avg record low F = 20.9
|year avg record low F = 14.1
| Jan record low F = -11
| Feb record low F = -5
| Mar record low F = 13
| Apr record low F = 28
| May record low F = 37
| Jun record low F = 45
| Jul record low F = 53
| Aug record low F = 49
| Sep record low F = 34
| Oct record low F = 23
| Nov record low F = 12
| Dec record low F = 0
| year record low F =
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| Jan precipitation inch = 5.53
| Feb precipitation inch = 5.62
| Mar precipitation inch = 5.12
| Apr precipitation inch = 5.79
| May precipitation inch = 3.90
| Jun precipitation inch = 4.50
| Jul precipitation inch = 4.79
| Aug precipitation inch = 4.18
| Sep precipitation inch = 3.98
| Oct precipitation inch = 3.88
| Nov precipitation inch = 4.40
| Dec precipitation inch = 5.48
| year precipitation inch = 57.17
| unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
| Jan precipitation days = 9.6
| Feb precipitation days = 8.5
| Mar precipitation days = 9.0
| Apr precipitation days = 7.6
| May precipitation days = 7.9
| Jun precipitation days = 8.3
| Jul precipitation days = 9.5
| Aug precipitation days = 8.3
| Sep precipitation days = 5.5
| Oct precipitation days = 5.6
| Nov precipitation days = 7.1
| Dec precipitation days = 8.9
| year precipitation days = 95.8
| Jan snow inch = 0.3
| Feb snow inch = 0.1
| Mar snow inch = 0.0
| Apr snow inch = 0.0
| May snow inch = 0.0
| Jun snow inch = 0.0
| Jul snow inch = 0.0
| Aug snow inch = 0.0
| Sep snow inch = 0.0
| Oct snow inch = 0.0
| Nov snow inch = 0.0
| Dec snow inch = 0.0
| year snow inch = 0.4
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| Jan snow days = 0.1
| Feb snow days = 0.1
| Mar snow days = 0.0
| Apr snow days = 0.0
| May snow days = 0.0
| Jun snow days = 0.0
| Jul snow days = 0.0
| Aug snow days = 0.0
| Sep snow days = 0.0
| Oct snow days = 0.0
| Nov snow days = 0.0
| Dec snow days = 0.0
| year snow days = 0.2
| source = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]<ref name="NOWData">{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=jan
|title = NOWData – NOAA Online Weather Data
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = November 1, 2023}}</ref><ref name="NCEI">{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00225361&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|title = Summary of Monthly Normals 1991–2020
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = November 1, 2023}}</ref>
}}
==Demographics==
In 2016, Macon was the poorest town in the United States with a population between 1,000 and 25,000 people.<ref>{{cite news
|title=America's poorest city is in Illinois
|first=Cole
|last=Lauterbach
|newspaper=Illinois News Network
|date=June 29, 2018
|url=https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/america-s-poorest-city-is-in-illinois/article_fa33a447-d547-534c-b88d-0818c805619a.html}}</ref>
{{US Census population
|1860= 989
|1870= 975
|1880= 2074
|1890= 1565
|1900= 2067
|1910= 2024
|1920= 2051
|1930= 2198
|1940= 2261
|1950= 2241
|1960= 2432
|1970= 2612
|1980= 2396
|1990= 2256
|2000= 2461
|2010= 2768
|2020= 2582
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Macon, Mississippi – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Macon city, Mississippi|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12000.P004?g=160XX00US2844240|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Macon city, Mississippi|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US2844240&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Macon city, Mississippi|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US2844240&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 20010
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|770
|600
|style='background: #ffffe6; |383
|31.29%
|21.68%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14.83%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|1,654
|2,131
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,088
|67.21%
|76.99%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |80.87%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|5
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3
|0.20%
|0.11%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.12%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|9
|13
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.37%
|0.47%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other Race]] alone (NH)
|1
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3
|0.04%
|0.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.12%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|12
|7
|style='background: #ffffe6; |56
|0.49%
|0.25%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.17%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|10
|13
|style='background: #ffffe6; |49
|0.41%
|0.47%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.90%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''2,461'''
|'''2,768'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''2,582'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 2,582 people, 1,110 households, and 724 families residing in the city.
===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 2,461 people, 906 households, and 587 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,624.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,015 housing units at an average density of {{convert|670.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 31.49% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 67.33% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.20% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.41% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.08% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.49% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.41% of the population.
There were 906 households, out of which 32.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 27.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.1% were non-families. 33.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.25.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 28.9% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 16.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $20,800, and the median income for a family was $26,696. Males had a median income of $22,969 versus $16,898 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $12,568. About 29.2% of families and 36.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 50.3% of those under age 18 and 21.8% of those age 65 or over.
==Arts and culture==
The Noxubee County library is located in Macon. The building, which was constructed as a jail in 1907, still contains a gallows.<ref name="Hanging onto history">{{cite news |last1=Benton |first1=Charlie |title=Hanging onto history: Noxubee librarian discusses 1907 building's unusual feature |newspaper=Starkville Daily News |date=October 31, 2019}}</ref>
==Education==
Historically, the city of Macon had the largest schools in Noxubee County, including [[Macon High School (Mississippi)]]. In 1917, the city proposed consolidation of the school district with Noxubee County, with the goal of replacing the single-teacher system prevalent throughout the county.<ref>{{cite news|title=Better School Opportunities for Macon and Surrounding Country|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016943/1917-06-01/ed-1/seq-1|access-date=December 18, 2017|publisher=Macon Beacon|date=June 1, 1907}}</ref>
The City of Macon is now served by the [[Noxubee County School District]]. [[East Mississippi Community College]] offers some courses at [[Noxubee County High School]] in Macon.<ref name="Coursecat0709p10">[http://www.eastms.edu/academics/documents/EMCCCATALOGfor2007-2009.pdf CATALOG 2007–09, East Mississippi Community College] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218112338/http://www.eastms.edu/academics/documents/EMCCCATALOGfor2007-2009.pdf|date=2010-12-18}}, eastms.edu; retrieved March 1, 2011.</ref>
When federal courts mandated [[School integration in the United States|integration of the public schools]], a [[segregation academy]], [[Central Academy (Mississippi)|Central Academy]], was built in Macon, secretly using public school funds to construct the private school.<ref>{{cite news|title=Schools board member resigns before NAACP asks|page=11|work=Clarksdale Press-Register|date=May 19, 1982}}</ref> White student enrollment in public schools dropped from 829 to 71 during this period.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Swartz|first1=David R|title=October 2004 Swartz|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=central+academy+macon+mississippi+noxubee+to+close+at+end+of+2017+school+year|website=Goshen College|access-date=December 18, 2017|date=October 19, 2004}}</ref> Attendance at Central Academy eventually dwindled to 51 students, resulting in the shuttering of the school following the 2017 school year.<ref name="wcbi170420">{{cite news|last1=Lamphin|first1=Eric|title=VIDEO: MACON'S CENTRAL ACADEMY CLOSING DOWN|url=https://www.wcbi.com/video-macons-central-academy-closing|access-date=December 18, 2017|publisher=WCBI|date=April 20, 2017}}</ref>
==Media==
The first newspaper in Macon was the ''Macon Intelligencer'', which operated from 1838 to 1840. Another paper, the ''Macon Herald'' ran from 1841 to 1842.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/?state=Mississippiðnicity=&language=|title=Results: Digitized Newspapers « Chronicling America « Library of Congress|website=chroniclingamerica.loc.gov}}</ref> The ''Macon Beacon'' was established in 1849.<ref name="Beacon City">{{cite web|title=History of City of Macon & Noxubee County|url=http://www.cityofmacon.org/html/historiccity.html|access-date=December 16, 2017}}</ref> It served Macon as a daily from 1859 to 1995.<ref>{{cite web|title=Macon beacon: (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016943/|access-date=16 December 2017}}</ref> It continues to operate as a weekly, published on Thursdays.<ref>{{cite web|title=Macon|url=http://www.mspress.org/default.asp?page=113|access-date=December 18, 2017}}</ref>
==Notable people==
* [[Chapman L. Anderson]], member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1887 to 1891<ref>{{cite web |title=ANDERSON, Chapman Levy |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/A000183 |website=bioguide.congress.gov |access-date=16 January 2024}}</ref>
* [[Larry Anderson (basketball)|Larry Anderson]], basketball coach for [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]<ref name="Cleveland">{{cite news |last1=Cleveland |first1=Rick |title=From Macon to MIT: Larry Anderson's Amazing Story |url=https://mississippitoday.org/2019/06/04/from-macon-to-mit-larry-andersons-amazing-story/ |access-date=5 June 2019 |date=June 4, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Buster Barnett]], former NFL player for the [[Buffalo Bills]]
* [[Carey Bell]], blues [[harmonica|harmonicist]]
* [[McArthur Binion]], artist<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://camh.org/exhibitions/perspectives-177-mcarthur-binion#.WLx6vCMrI1J|title=Perspectives 177: McArthur Binion {{!}} Contemporary Arts Museum Houston|website=camh.org|access-date=2024-01-16}}</ref>
* [[Cornelius Cash]], basketball player
* [[Eddy Clearwater]], blues guitarist and singer, born Edward Harrington in Macon in 1935. Cousin of Harmonicist Carey Bell.
* [[Quincy Coleman]], former NFL and [[Canadian Football League|CFL]] player<ref>{{cite web |title=Quincy Coleman Cards |url=https://www.tcdb.com/Person.cfm/pid/180812/Quincy-Coleman?MODE=Filters&ColType=0&sYear=0&sTeam=696&sCardNum=&sNote=&sSetName=&sBrand= |website=tcdb.com |access-date=16 January 2024}}</ref>
* [[Darion Conner]], former professional football player with the [[Atlanta Falcons]] convicted of vehicular homicide
* [[Fest Cotton]], former NFL [[defensive tackle]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Fest Cotton Stats |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CottFe20.htm |website=pro-football-reference.com |access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref>
* [[Joseph Crespino]], historian<ref>{{cite web |title=Crespino Featured as One of Emory's "Fab Five" in 'Emory Magazine' |url=https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/emoryhistorynews/2018/03/06/crespino-featured-as-one-of-emorys-fab-five-in-emory-magazine/ |website=scholarblogs.emory.edu |access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref>
* [[Albert Tatum Dent]], member of the Mississippi Senate from 1902 to 1908 and 1924 to 1928<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rUwTAAAAYAAJ |title=Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form|first=Dunbar|last=Rowland|date=May 15, 1907|publisher=Southern Historical Publishing Association|isbn=9780871522221 |page=222 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
* [[Reecy Dickson]], member of the [[Mississippi House of Representatives]] from 1993 to 2016<ref>{{cite web |title=Reecy Dickson's Biography |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/3653/reecy-dickson |website=justfacts.votesmart.org |access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref>
* [[Henry Minor Faser]], founding dean of the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy<ref>{{cite book|last1=LLoyd|first1=James B.|title=Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817-1967|date=1981|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|___location=Oxford, Mississippi|isbn=9781604734119|oclc=320801688|page=164|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RfXGJBB1HvoC}}</ref>
* [[Hezekiah William Foote]], planter and former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives and [[Mississippi Senate]]. Father of Huger Lee Foote.<ref name="foote">{{cite book |editor1-last=Carter |editor1-first=William C. |title=Conversations with Shelby Foote |date=1989 |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |___location=Jackson, Mississippi |isbn=0-87805-385-9 |page=152 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lHec5x22fBEC}}</ref>
* [[Huger Lee Foote]], planter and former member of the [[Mississippi Senate]]. Grandfather of [[Shelby Foote]].<ref name="foote"/>
* [[Jesse Fortune]], blues singer
* [[Victoria Clay Haley]], suffragist
* [[Reggie Holmes (Canadian football)|Reggie Holmes]], former CFL player<ref>{{cite web |title=1972 Calgary Stampeders Roster |url=https://www.statscrew.com/football/roster/t-CFLCGY/y-1972 |website=statscrew.com |access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref>
* [[Nate Hughes]], former professional football player with the [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] and [[Detroit Lions]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Nate Hughes|publisher=NFL Enterprises|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/natehughes/2507449/profile|access-date=November 23, 2014}}</ref>
* [[T. R. Hummer]], poet<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wells |first1=Sean Harrington |title=T. R. Hummer |url=https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/tr-hummer/ |website=Mississippi Encyclopedia |access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref>
* [[Chris Jones (wide receiver, born 1982)|Chris Jones]], former NFL and CFL wide receiver<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Jones Gallery |url=https://www.tcdb.com/GalleryP.cfm/pid/197987/Chris-Jones?ColType=1&sYear=0&sTeam=&sCardNum=&sNote=&sSetName=&sBrand= |website=tcdb.com |access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref>
* [[Lorenzo Houston King]], bishop of the [[Methodist Church (USA)]]<ref>{{cite journal |title=Lorenzo Houston King |journal=The Journal of Negro History |date=April 1947 |volume=32 |issue=2 |page=261 |doi=10.1086/JNHv32n2p261 |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/JNHv32n2p261?journalCode=jnh|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* [[William Manly King]], architect<ref>{{cite web |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/abea939d-60a3-47e9-92b6-62bd5da4755f |website=npgallery.nps.gov |access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref>
* [[Clarke Lewis]], member of the United States House of Representatives from 1889 to 1893<ref>{{cite web |title=LEWIS, Clarke |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/L000276 |website=bioguide.congress.gov |access-date=16 January 2024}}</ref>
* [[William Brooks Lucas]], former member of the Mississippi Senate<ref>{{Cite news |date=1970-03-29 |title=Obituary for William Brooks Lucas |pages=4 |work=Clarion-Ledger |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112641828/obituary-for-william-brooks-lucas/ |access-date=2024-01-16}}</ref>
* [[Brother Joe May]], gospel singer<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ankeny |first1=Jason |title=Brother Joe May |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/brother-joe-may-mn0000937715 |website=allmusic.com |access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref>
* [[Andy P. Mullins]], educator<ref>{{cite web |title=Andrew P. Mullins Jr. Collection |url=https://libraries.olemiss.edu/cedar-archives/finding_aids/MUM00736.html |website=libraries.olemiss.edu |access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref>
* [[Samuel Pandolfo]], businessman
* [[Bubba Phillips]], Major League Baseball player
* [[John Alton Phillips]], member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1932 to 1940 and 1944 to 1965<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mississippi. Legislature|date=1964-01-01|title=Hand book : biographical data of members of Senate and House, personnel of standing committees [1964]|url=https://egrove.olemiss.edu/sta_leghb/11|journal=Mississippi Legislature Hand Books}}</ref>
* [[John Q. Poindexter]], member of the Mississippi Senate from 1916 to 1920<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rowland|first=Dunbar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b8sGAQAAIAAJ |title=The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi|date=1917|publisher=Department of Archives and History |page=776 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[America W. Robinson]], African American educator; contralto ([[Fisk Jubilee Singers]])
* [[Gene Short]], former [[National Basketball Association]] player<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://whlt.com/2016/03/18/former-nba-player-and-hattiesburg-high-graduate-passes-away/ |title=Former NBA player and Hattiesburg High graduate passes away |access-date=2016-03-18 |archive-date=2016-03-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318213530/http://whlt.com/2016/03/18/former-nba-player-and-hattiesburg-high-graduate-passes-away/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Jeffery Simmons]], [[defensive end]] for the [[Tennessee Titans]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeffery Simmons |url=https://www.tennesseetitans.com/team/players-roster/jeffery-simmons/ |website=tennesseetitans.com |access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref>
* [[Deontae Skinner]], NFL player
* [[Isham Stewart]], former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives and the Mississippi Senate<ref>{{cite web |title=Isham Stewart (Noxubee County) |url=https://much-ado.net/legislators/legislators/isham-stewart/ |website=much-ado.net |access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref>
* [[William Ward (poet)|William Ward]], poet and editor of the ''Macon Beacon''.<ref name=sage>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V3QOAAAAIAAJ&dq=william+ward+mississippi+poet&pg=RA1-PA23|title=Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society|first=Mississippi Historical|last=Society (Founded 1890)|date=May 4, 1898|publisher=The Society|via=Google Books}}</ref>
* [[Margaret Murray Washington]], educator; wife of [[Booker T. Washington]]
* [[Nate Wayne]], former NFL football player with Green Bay Packers, Denver Broncos, and Philadelphia Eagles
* [[Israel Victor Welch]], [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] politician and lawyer lived in Macon after the war
* [[Sherman W. White]], fighter pilot with the [[Tuskegee Airmen]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Sherman W. White, Jr. |url=https://cafriseabove.org/sherman-w-white-jr/ |website=cafriseabove.org |date=November 3, 2021 |access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref>
* [[Ben Ames Williams]], novelist
* [[Big Joe Williams]], [[Delta blues]] guitarist and songwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Big Joe Williams |url=https://msbluestrail.org/blues-trail-markers/big-joe-williams |website=msbluestrail.org |access-date=16 January 2024}}</ref>
* [[Henry Williams (soldier)|Henry Williams]], soldier who was murdered by a bus driver in 1942<ref name=newman>{{cite web |title=The Death of Henry Williams |date=June 10, 2013 |first1=Michelle |last1=Newman |first2=Hannah |last2=Adams |website=Civil Rights & Restorative Justice |publisher=[[Northeastern University]] |url=https://repository.library.northeastern.edu/downloads/neu:m042w372n?datastream_id=content |accessdate=June 23, 2021}}</ref>
==See also==
{{Portal|Mississippi}}
==References==
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==External links==
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