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The historic tribes encountered by European explorers were the Creek Indians, descendants of the Mississippian culture.
Macon County was established by December 18, 1832, from land ceded by the Creek, following the US Congress' passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The Creek were removed to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River. The new settlers brought slaves with them from eastern areas of the South, or purchased them in slave markets, such as at New Orleans. They developed the county for large cotton plantations.
Before 1983, Macon County was primarily known as the home of historic Tuskegee Institute, now Tuskegee University, and its noted founder and first president, Dr. Booker T. Washington.
Moton Field was the site of primary flight training for the pioneering pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen, and is now operated by the National Park Service to interpret their history and achievements. It was constructed in 1941 as a new training base. The field was named after former Tuskegee Institute principal Robert Russa Moton, who died the previous year.
Adjacent Counties
Cities, Towns & Communities
- Boromville
- Creek Stand
- Cross Keys
- Fort Davis
- Franklin
- Hardaway
- Little Texas
- Milstead
- Notasulga (part)
- Shorter
- Society Hill
- Tuskegee (County Seat)
- Warriorstand
Cemeteries
Links
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
National Register of Historic Places
Tuskegee Institute/George Washington Carver Museum
The Genealogical Society of East Alabama
1850 Macon County Slave Census
