Welcome to the official website of Macon County Alabama. Macon is a small rural county in the southeast portion of the State of Alabama. Macon County is comprised of the City of Tuskegee, and the towns of : Shorter, Franklin, part of the town of Notasulga (the other part is in Lee County Alabama), and the unincorporated area of Creek Stand. Seated in Alabama's Black Belt, the areas that makup the county are primarily agricultural in nature, but the majority of the local population are not farmers. Most of the workforce is in education, government, and industry. Tuskegee University is the primary employer of the region along with the V.A. Medical Center and the City of Tuskegee itself.

Macon County offers many places of interest to visit. There is the University of Tuskegee, a becon of hope for African Americans after the Civil war. The campus hosts the George Washington Carver Museum, and located across the from the campus is The Oaks, Booker T. Washington's house. Then there is the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, a place dedicated to some of the first African American Pilots who broke racial stereotypes and fought for thier county durring World War II. Also there is the Tuskegee National Forest, the smallest federally protected woodland area in the nation, where families can go camping, and enjoy other recreational activities.

With quite a dynamic history, and a very bright future, Macon County is a great place to visit, and a wonderful area to call home.