Macon

Macon County is a county located in the U.S. state of . According to the 2020 United States census, it had a population of 103,998. Its county seat and most populous city is . Macon County comprises the Decatur, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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  • Type: County with 111,000 residents
  • Description: county in Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Macon County”, “Macon County i Illinois”, “Macon County, IL”, “Macon County, Ill.”, “Macon County, Illinois”, “Macon ilçesi, IL”, “Macon ilçesi, Ill.”, “Macon ilçesi, Illinois”, “Okrožje Macon”, “مقاطعه ماكون، إلينوي”, and “メイコン・カウンティ”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Transfer House and Decatur Memorial Hospital.

Historic building
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The is a historic building located in Central Park in , .

Hospital
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, is a Decatur, Illinois…

Courthouse
The is a government building…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Decatur.

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is a city in Macon county, .

Macon

Latitude
39.8455° or 39° 50′ 44″ north
Longitude
-88.9602° or 88° 57′ 37″ west
Population
111,000
Elevation
676 feet (206 metres)
Open location code
86FHR2WQ+6W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316952664
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4243719
Wiki­data ID
Q115324
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Macon” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Macon County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة ماكون”
  • Armenian: “Մեյկոն շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Macon”
  • Basque: “Macon konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Macon County, Illinois”
  • Bavarian: “Macon County”
  • Bishnupriya: “মেকন কাউন্টি, ইলিনয়স”
  • Bishnupriya: “মেকন কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Мейкън”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Macon”
  • Cebuano: “Macon County”
  • Chechen: “Мейкон (гуо, Иллинойс)”
  • Chechen: “Мейкон”
  • Chinese: “梅肯县”
  • Chinese: “梅肯縣”
  • Chinese: “梅肯郡”
  • Dutch: “Macon County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Macon”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Macon”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Makona”
  • Estonian: “Maconi maakond”
  • Finnish: “Maconin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Macon”
  • French: “Comté de Macon”
  • Georgian: “მეიკონის ოლქი”
  • German: “Macon County”
  • Gilaki: “مکن ٚ شأرستان (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “مکن ٚ شأرستان”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז מייקון”
  • Hungarian: “Macon megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Macon”
  • Italian: “contea di Macon”
  • Italian: “Contea di Macon”
  • Japanese: “メイコン郡”
  • Korean: “메이컨군”
  • Latin: “Macon Comitatus”
  • Low German: “Macon County”
  • Mazanderani: “مکن شهرستان (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “مکن شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Macon Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Macon Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Macon County”
  • Norwegian: “Macon County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان مکن، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان مکن”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Macon”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Macon”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Macon”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Macon, Illinois”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Macon”
  • Russian: “Мейкон”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Macon”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Macon County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Мејкон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Macon County, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Macon County”
  • Slovenian: “Macon County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Macon”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Macon”
  • Swedish: “Macon County, Illinois”
  • Swedish: “Macon County”
  • Tatar: “Мейкон (округ, Иллинойс)”
  • Tatar: “Мейкон”
  • Turkish: “Macon County, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Macon ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Мейкон”
  • Urdu: “ماکون کاؤنٹی، الینوائے”
  • Urdu: “ماکون کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Macon”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Macon, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Macon”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Macon, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Macon”
  • Welsh: “Macon County, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Macon County”
  • Western Panjabi: “میکن کاؤنٹی”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Longview Place and H &K Trailer Court.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Hieronymus Mueller Museum and Central United Methodist Church.

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