Formed December 9, 1822 (54th county)
Bibb County (157,347), Macon (157,347)
The red brick and concrete columned courthouse was built in 1870 and reconstructed 1924. Curdon P. Randall provided the designs for this Neo-Classical Revival structure. It was again remodeled in 1940. The courthouse is located on Mulberry Avenue between 1st and 2nd streets. Georgia State Highway 49 is Mulberry Street. An addition was added in 1979. The facility features a dome. Macon has been the only county seat since the county was formed on December 9, 1822 as the 54th county. It was carved from Jones, Monroe, Houston, and Twiggs counties. Senator William Wyatt Bibb provided the name for the county. The county seat is named for North Carolina Statesman Nathaniel Macon. He is also the namesake for Macon County. The county center is in Macon 2.6 miles Southwest of the city center.
Bibb County government consists of a mayor, a sheriff, an administrator, a coroner, a clerk, and a tax commissioner (executive). It has 9 Commissioners (legislative.) Sixteen Superior Court Judges serve Bibb, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Harris, Houston, Lee, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Peach, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, and Webster counties and two State Court Judges and eleven County Judges, court clerk, and county attorney serve Bibb County (judicial.) The county is located in central Georgia to the southeast of Atlanta, Georgia and to the northwest of Savannah, Georgia. The Ocmulgee River flows through the county. The county is surrounded clockwise by Jones, Twiggs, Houston, Peach, Crawford, and Monroe counties.
The area of the county is 250 square miles. The county is 119 of 159 in the state. It ranks 15 out of 159 in population in the state. It has a density of 629.4 persons per square mile making it 14 out of 159 in the state. Bibb County has 100.0% of its population in its incorporated areas. Interstate Highway 16 enters the county from Twiggs County, east, and terminates. Interstate Highway 75 crosses north to south from Monroe County to Houston County. United States Highway 23 enters from Monroe County, northwest, and exits into Twiggs County, southeast. United States Highway 41 parallels Interstate Highway 75 from Monroe County to Houston County. United States Highway 80 parallels Interstate Highway 16 in from Twiggs County but continues west into Crawford County. United States Highway 129 crosses north to south from Jones County to Houston County. The county is shaped like a fat plow. Macon dominates the north and east parts of the county and extends into Jones County. Macon is the county seat and the largest city. It is 100.0% of the county population. This county is in the Macon Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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