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Bibb County
Bibb County
County
	Bibb County courthouse in Macon
	Location within the U.S. state of Georgia
	Georgia's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 32°48′N 83°42′W / 32.8°N 83.7°W
Country	United States
State	Georgia
Founded	December 9, 1822
Named for	William Wyatt Bibb
Seat	Macon
Largest city	Macon
Area
• Total	255 sq mi (660 km2)
• Land	250 sq mi (600 km2)
• Water	5.6 sq mi (15 km2) 2.2%
Population
• Estimate (2015)	153,721
• Density	623/sq mi (241/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional districts	2nd, 8th
Website	www.co.bibb.ga.us

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Bibb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 155,547.^[1] Bibb County is geographically located in the Central Georgia (Middle Georgia) region, and is the largest county in the Macon metropolitan area (Metropolitan Statistical Area).

Bibb County has a consolidated city-county government following a merger with its county seat and largest city, Macon, in 2014. They were later joined by the county's only other municipality, Payne City, in 2015.^[2]

History

Native Americans (mostly Creek) had inhabited the area which would become Bibb County for many centuries. They were forcibly relocated to today's Oklahoma in the Indian Removal in the 1830s, during the administration of President Andrew Jackson. The Indian tribes affected refer to this as the "Trail of Tears", since many died during the march west.

Bibb is one of the counties of the "Black Belt", which originally referred to the fertile dark soil in the uplands. The area was developed by white settlers and African American slaves into cotton plantations during the antebellum years. Cotton generated high profits, since was in demand in the textile mills of the northern states as well as in England. By the 1860 census, shortly before the American Civil War, more than a million enslaved African American lived in Georgia, and they constituted a majority of the population in much of the Black Belt.

Bibb County was created by act of the State Legislature of Georgia on December 9, 1822, with Macon to be incorporated as a town/city in December 1823; designated the County Seat. It was carved from the earlier territories of the counties of Jones, Monroe, Houston, and Twiggs counties. The County Seat has never been changed since, and no other subsequent county in the state has ever been created ("erected") out of land from Bibb County.

The county was named for Dr. William Wyatt Bibb, a physician from Elbert County, who was elected to and served in the U.S. House of Representatives and United States Senate from Georgia, moved to the new Alabama Territory, before being elected as the first Governor of the new State of Alabama.

During the Civil War, an estimated ten percent of the white males in the county lost their lives while serving the Confederate States Army.^[3] The war ended slavery in Georgia, but it also left much of the state in ruins.

Civil War to present

After the Civil War and during the 20th century, the county seat of Macon continued to serve as the county's principal population center and hub of most significant landmarks and historical events.

On July 31, 2012, voters in the City of Macon (57.8 percent approval) and Bibb County (56.7 percent approval) passed a referendum to merge the governments of the city and the county, based on the authorization of House Bill 1171 passed by the Georgia General Assembly earlier in the year.^[4] Four previous consolidation attempts (in 1933, 1960, 1972, and 1976) had failed.^[5]^[6]^[7] The consolidation took effect on January 1, 2014, along with the de-annexation from the city of a small portion of land in Jones County.

In addition to Macon, Bibb County contained one other municipality, Payne City (or Payne), an enclave of around 200 people that was surrounded entirely by the pre-consolidation City of Macon. In the 2012 referendum, Payne City voters rejected consolidation by a vote of 9 to 7, so it was not merged into the consolidated government. In early 2015, at the request of the small city's government, the Georgia General Assembly passed a bill dissolving Payne City, merging it with the rest of Macon-Bibb County.^[2]

Government and politics

Since the 2014 consolidation, Macon-Bibb has been governed by a mayor, elected at-large (county-wide), along with a nine-member county commission with members elected from single-member districts.^[8]^[9]^[10]

Like all other Georgia counties, Bibb has an elected sheriff responsible for maintaining the jail. Bibb's sheriff also manages the county's law enforcement duties, with his deputies acting as the city and county police force. As of 2019^[update], the current sheriff is David Davis.^[11]

Elections

In 2013, the consolidated city-county held its first elections. Macon's then-mayor Robert Reichert received 49% of the vote in the general election on September 17 over the other five mayoral candidates; however, winning the election outright required the winner to capture a majority of the vote. He subsequently won 63% of the vote in a runoff election against former Macon mayor C. Jack Ellis.^[12] Reichert was unopposed for re-election in 2016, following the death of his only opponent before the election. Under the city-county charter, the mayor is subject to term limits and may serve only two consecutive terms, so Reichert will leave office in December 2020.^[13]

As an urban county with a majority African American population, Bibb County is one of the most consistently Democratic counties in Georgia in presidential elections, having only supported a Republican presidential candidate three times in its history.

Presidential elections results

**Previous presidential elections results**^[14]
Year	Republican	Democratic	Third parties
2016	38.4% 24,043	58.8% 36,787	2.8% 1766
2012	39.5% 25,623	59.5% 38,585	0.9% 595
2008	40.7% 27,037	58.7% 38,987	0.6% 424
2004	48.6% 28,107	50.7% 29,322	0.6% 359
2000	48.4% 24,071	50.2% 24,996	1.4% 709
1996	41.6% 20,778	53.5% 26,727	4.9% 2427
1992	36.7% 19,847	51.9% 28,070	11.4% 6132
1988	50.0% 22,179	49.7% 22,084	0.3% 133
1984	47.8% 24,170	52.2% 26,427
1980	31.5% 15,175	66.0% 31,770	2.5% 1185
1976	28.7% 12,819	71.3% 31,902
1972	72.9% 27,402	27.1% 10,201
1968	32.6% 13,490	25.6% 10579	41.9% 17,328
1964	59.0% 25,641	41.0% 17,831
1960	42.2% 10,523	57.8% 14,387
1956	32.6% 7,242	67.4% 14,966
1952	29.4% 6,121	70.6% 14,687
1948	27.3% 3,837	49.8% 7,011	22.9% 3229
1944	26.0% 1,884	74.0% 5,352
1940	16.9% 1,371	82.7% 6,729	0.5% 37
1936	7.3% 452	92.3% 5,722	0.4% 23
1932	8.4% 405	90.9% 4,372	0.6% 31
1928	47.6% 2,078	52.4% 2,289
1924	10.4% 455	83.2% 3,647	6.5% 283
1920	18.4% 458	81.6% 2,030
1916	2.5% 58	88.8% 2,048	8.7% 201
1912	3.7% 71	90.8% 1,741	5.5% 105

United States Congress

Senators		Name	Party	Assumed Office	Level
	Senate Class 2	David Perdue	Republican	2015	Junior Senator
	Senate Class 3	Johnny Isakson	Republican	2005	Senior Senator
Representatives		Name	Party	Assumed Office
	District 2	Sanford Bishop	Democratic	1993
	District 8	Austin Scott	Republican	2011

Georgia General Assembly

Georgia State Senate

	Name	Party	Assumed Office
18	John F. Kennedy	Republican	2015
25	Burt Jones	Republican	2013
51	David Lucas	Democratic	2011

Georgia House of Representatives

	Name	Party	Assumed Office
140	Robert Dickey	Republican	2011
141	Allen Peake	Republican	2011
142	Miriam Paris	Democratic	2017
143	James Beverly	Democratic	2011
144	Bubber Epps	Republican	2008

^[15]^[16]^[17]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 255 square miles (660 km²), of which 250 square miles (650 km²) is land and 5.6 square miles (15 km²) (2.2%) is water.^[18] The entirety of Bibb County is located in the Upper Ocmulgee River sub-basin of the Altamaha River basin.^[19]

Adjacent counties

Jones County - northeast
Twiggs County - east
Houston County - south
Peach County - south-southwest
Crawford County - southwest
Monroe County - northwest

National protected areas

Transportation

Major highways

Interstate 16
Interstate 75
Interstate 475
U.S. Route 23
U.S. Route 41
U.S. Route 41 Business (Macon)
U.S. Route 80
U.S. Route 129
U.S. Route 129 Alternate (Macon)
State Route 11
State Route 19
State Route 22
State Route 49
State Route 74
State Route 87
State Route 87 Connector
State Route 247
State Route 401 (unsigned designation for I-75)
State Route 404 (unsigned designation for I-16)
State Route 408 (unsigned designation for I-475)
State Route 540 (Fall Line Freeway)

Pedestrians and cycling

Heritage Trail
Ocmulgee Heritage Trail

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1830	7,154		—
1840	9,802		37.0%
1850	12,699		29.6%
1860	16,291		28.3%
1870	21,255		30.5%
1880	27,147		27.7%
1890	42,370		56.1%
1900	50,473		19.1%
1910	56,646		12.2%
1920	71,304		25.9%
1930	77,042		8.0%
1940	83,783		8.7%
1950	114,079		36.2%
1960	141,249		23.8%
1970	143,418		1.5%
1980	150,256		4.8%
1990	149,967		−0.2%
2000	153,887		2.6%
2010	155,547		1.1%
2016 (est.)	152,760	^[20]	−1.8%
U.S. Decennial Census^[21] 1790-1960^[22] 1900-1990^[23] 1990-2000^[24] 2010-2013^[1]

2000 census

As of the census^[25] of 2000, there were 153,887 people, 59,667 households, and 39,797 families residing in the county. The population density was 616 people per square mile (238/km²). There were 67,194 housing units at an average density of 269 per square mile (104/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 50.13% White, 47.32% Black or African American, 0.18% Native American, 1.08% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.46% from other races, and 0.81% from two or more races. 1.31% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 59,667 households out of which 31.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.30% were married couples living together, 20.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.30% were non-families. 28.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the county, the population was distributed with 26.60% under the age of 18, 10.10% from 18 to 24, 29.00% from 25 to 44, 21.70% from 45 to 64, and 12.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.20 males.

The population tables show a dramatic reduction in population growth from 1920 to 1940, less than half the amounts for censuses before and after these dates; during this period, tens of thousands of African Americans left the state for cities in the North and Midwest, as part of the Great Migration to escape the oppression of Jim Crow and lynchings, for better jobs, education and living conditions. Through such migration, they went from being mostly rural people to being more urbanized than the average in the United States, which has become a mostly suburban population in terms of where residences are located.

The median income for a household in the county was $34,532, and the median income for a family was $43,479. Males had a median income of $34,263 versus $25,540 for females. The per capita income for the county was $19,058. About 15.50% of families and 19.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.20% of those under age 18 and 13.10% of those age 65 or over.

2010 census

As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 155,547 people, 60,295 households, and 38,714 families residing in the county.^[26] The population density was 622.8 inhabitants per square mile (240.5/km²). There were 69,662 housing units at an average density of 278.9 per square mile (107.7/km²).^[27] The racial makeup of the county was 52.1% black or African American, 43.2% white, 1.6% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific islander, 1.3% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 2.8% of the population.^[26] In terms of ancestry, 8.8% were English, 7.6% were American, 6.6% were Irish, and 5.2% were German.^[28]

Of the 60,295 households, 33.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.5% were married couples living together, 22.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 35.8% were non-families, and 30.3% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.10. The median age was 35.6 years.^[26]

The median income for a household in the county was $38,798 and the median income for a family was $52,158. Males had a median income of $41,219 versus $31,477 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,436. About 16.4% of families and 22.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 33.0% of those under age 18 and 12.8% of those age 65 or over.^[29]

Recreation

Lake Tobesofkee, about 10 miles (16 km) west of Macon, has three parks. Claystone, Sandy Beach, and Arrowhead Parks, each with a beach, and children's playgrounds. Sandy Beach has lighted tennis courts, a water park with many attractions, and a softball field.^[30]

Communities

References

^ ^a ^b "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
^ ^a ^b Lee, Maggie (2015-04-01). "Payne City officially dissolved". The Telegraph | Macon.com. Retrieved 2019-06-17. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
^ "Cotton, Fire, and Dreams". google.com.
^ "HB 1171 - Macon-Bibb County; create and incorporate new political body corporate". Archived from the original on 2012-10-30. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ City-County Consolidation Proposals, 1921 - Present Archived 2012-07-19 at the Wayback Machine, National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
^ The Effects on City-County Consolidation
^ Consolidation pass for Macon and Bibb county in the 2012 vote.CONSOLIDATION OF CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS: ATTEMPTS IN FIVE CITIES Archived 2013-01-20 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
^ Jim Gaines (July 28, 2012). "Last details of Macon-Bibb consolidation debate aired". The Telegraph.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Mike Stucka (July 31, 2012). "Macon-Bibb County consolidation wins with strong majorities". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on July 19, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Erica Lockwood (July 13, 2012). "Consolidation: 3 Areas of Macon and Bibb Affected Differently". 13 WMAZ. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Sheriff David Davis | bibbsheriff.us". Retrieved 2019-06-17.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2013-10-16. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Dunlap, Stanley (2016-05-25). "Reichert reveals plans for final term, reflects on past". The Telegraph | Macon.com. Retrieved 2019-06-17. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
^ "House Members List". Retrieved 2016-06-02.
^ "Senate Members List". Retrieved 2016-06-02.
^ "Georgia Counties by 2012 Legislative and Congressional District" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-02.
^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
^ "Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience". Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2011-05-14. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ ^a ^b ^c "DP-1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
^ "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
^ "DP02 SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
^ "DP03 SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
^ "Tobesofkee parks and beaches". Retrieved June 2, 2012.

External links

Official website

32°48′N 83°42′W / 32.80°N 83.70°W / 32.80; -83.70

[QF-1] "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 18, 2014.

[:0-2] Lee, Maggie (2015-04-01). "Payne City officially dissolved". The Telegraph | Macon.com. Retrieved 2019-06-17. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

[3] "Cotton, Fire, and Dreams". google.com.

[4] "HB 1171 - Macon-Bibb County; create and incorporate new political body corporate". Archived from the original on 2012-10-30. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present-5] City-County Consolidation Proposals, 1921 - Present Archived 2012-07-19 at the Wayback Machine, National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-02-11.

[6] The Effects on City-County Consolidation

[autogenerated3-7] Consolidation pass for Macon and Bibb county in the 2012 vote.CONSOLIDATION OF CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS: ATTEMPTS IN FIVE CITIES Archived 2013-01-20 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2010-09-14.

[8] Jim Gaines (July 28, 2012). "Last details of Macon-Bibb consolidation debate aired". The Telegraph.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[9] Mike Stucka (July 31, 2012). "Macon-Bibb County consolidation wins with strong majorities". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on July 19, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[10] Erica Lockwood (July 13, 2012). "Consolidation: 3 Areas of Macon and Bibb Affected Differently". 13 WMAZ. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[11] "Sheriff David Davis | bibbsheriff.us". Retrieved 2019-06-17.

[13wmaz.com-12] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2013-10-16. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[13] Dunlap, Stanley (2016-05-25). "Reichert reveals plans for final term, reflects on past". The Telegraph | Macon.com. Retrieved 2019-06-17. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

[14] Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2018-03-18.

[State_House_Directory-15] "House Members List". Retrieved 2016-06-02.

[State_Senate_Directory-16] "Senate Members List". Retrieved 2016-06-02.

[District_List-17] "Georgia Counties by 2012 Legislative and Congressional District" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-02.

[GR1-18] "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.

[19] "Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience". Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission. Retrieved 2015-11-22.

[USCensusEst2016-20] "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.

[21] "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[22] "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved June 18, 2014.

[23] "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 18, 2014.

[24] "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 18, 2014.

[GR8-25] "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2011-05-14. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[census-dp1-26] "DP-1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2015-12-27.

[census-density-27] "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2015-12-27.

[census-dp2-28] "DP02 SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2015-12-27.

[census-dp3-29] "DP03 SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2015-12-27.

[30] "Tobesofkee parks and beaches". Retrieved June 2, 2012.

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-'''Bibb County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], the population was 155,547.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13021.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=June 18, 2014}}</ref> On July 31, 2012, by a margin of 57% to 43%, voters in the county approved a measure to consolidate Bibb County with the county seat, [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]] and dissolve the government of the only other incorporated municipality in the county, [[Payne, Georgia|Payne City]];<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.13wmaz.com/politics/article/190711/318/Macon-and-Bibb-Approve-Consolidation|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130116004105/http://www.13wmaz.com/politics/article/190711/318/Macon-and-Bibb-Approve-Consolidation|dead-url=yes|archive-date=January 16, 2013|title=Macon and Bibb Approve Consolidation|newspaper=13WMAZ|date=August 1, 2012|accessdate=August 2, 2012}}</ref> however, Payne City was officially dissolved by Governor Nathan Deal on March 27, 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.macon.com/2015/04/01/3672020_payne-city-officially-dissolved.html |title=Payne City Officially Dissolved |newspaper=The Macon Telegraph |date=April 1, 2015 |accessdate=July 27, 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506101851/http://www.macon.com/2015/04/01/3672020_payne-city-officially-dissolved.html |archivedate=May 6, 2015 |df= }}</ref>
+'''Bibb County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], the population was 155,547.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13021.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=June 18, 2014}}</ref> Bibb County is geographically located in the [[Central Georgia]] (Middle Georgia) region, and is the largest county in the [[Macon metropolitan area, Georgia|Macon metropolitan area]] ([[Metropolitan statistical area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]]).
+Bibb County has a [[consolidated city-county]] government following a merger with its [[county seat]] and largest city, [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]], in 2014. They were later joined by the county's only other municipality, [[Payne, Georgia|Payne City]], in 2015.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.macon.com/news/politics-government/article30224283.html|title=Payne City officially dissolved|last=Lee|first=Maggie|date=2015-04-01|website=The Telegraph {{!}} Macon.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-06-17}}</ref>
-Bibb County is part of the Macon, GA [[Macon metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].
-[[Robert Reichert]] was the first mayor of [[Macon, Georgia|Macon-Bibb]], January 1, 2014.<ref name="13wmaz.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.13wmaz.com/news/elections/results/results.aspx?raceid=100 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-10-16 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20131016122604/http://www.13wmaz.com/news/elections/results/results.aspx?raceid=100 |archive-date=2013-10-16 |dead-url=yes |df= }}</ref>
 == History ==
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 Bibb County was created by act of the [[Georgia Legislature|State Legislature of Georgia]] on December 9, 1822, with Macon to be incorporated as a town/city in December 1823; designated the County Seat. It was carved from the earlier territories of the counties of [[Jones County, Georgia|Jones]], [[Monroe County, Georgia|Monroe]], [[Houston County, Georgia|Houston]], and [[Twiggs County, Georgia|Twiggs]] counties. The County Seat has never been changed since, and no other subsequent county in the state has ever been created ("erected") out of land from Bibb County.
-The county was named for Dr. [[William Wyatt Bibb]], a [[physician]] from [[Elbert County, Georgia|Elbert County]], who was elected to and served in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] and [[United States Senate]] from [[History of Georgia (U.S. state)|History of Georgia]], moved to the new [[Alabama Territory]], before being elected as the first [[Governor of Alabama|Governor of the new State of Alabama]].
+The county was named for Dr. [[William Wyatt Bibb]], a [[physician]] from [[Elbert County, Georgia|Elbert County]], who was elected to and served in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] and [[United States Senate]] from [[History of Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], moved to the new [[Alabama Territory]], before being elected as the first [[Governor of Alabama|Governor of the new State of Alabama]].
 During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], an estimated ten percent of the white males in the county lost their lives while serving the [[Confederate Army|Confederate States Army]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5vKMMkmNPSgC&pg=PA123 |title=Cotton, Fire, and Dreams|work=google.com}}</ref> The war ended slavery in Georgia, but it also left much of the state in ruins.
-===Reconstruction and after===
+===Civil War to present===
+{{Main|Macon, Georgia#History|l1 = Macon, Georgia - History}}
-During the Reconstruction years immediately after the war, most white voters were disenfranchised, and wartime Georgia unionists and the former slaves controlled the politics. When white Democrats regained control of the state legislature in the 1870s, they passed laws imposing segregation and limiting the rights of African Americans. A new state constitution was written at the turn of the twentieth century, which in effect disenfranchised most black voters as well thousands of poor white males in order to guarantee Democratic control of the state.
+After the Civil War and during the 20th century, the county seat of Macon continued to serve as the county's principal population center and hub of most significant landmarks and historical events.
+On July 31, 2012, voters in the City of Macon (57.8 percent approval) and Bibb County (56.7 percent approval) passed a referendum to merge the governments of the city and the county, based on the authorization of House Bill 1171 passed by the [[Georgia General Assembly]] earlier in the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/sum/hb1171.htm|title=HB 1171 - Macon-Bibb County; create and incorporate new political body corporate|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030001652/http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/sum/hb1171.htm|archivedate=2012-10-30|deadurl=yes|df=}}</ref> Four previous consolidation attempts (in 1933, 1960, 1972, and 1976) had failed.<ref name="City-County Consolidation Proposals, 1921 - Present">[http://www.naco.org/Counties/Documents/City%20County%20Consolidations.01.01.2011.pdf City-County Consolidation Proposals, 1921 - Present] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719083354/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Documents/City%20County%20Consolidations.01.01.2011.pdf|date=2012-07-19}}, ''National Association of Counties''. Retrieved 2011-02-11.</ref><ref>[http://www.ai.org/legislative/interim/committee/2005/committees/prelim/MCCC02.pdf The Effects on City-County Consolidation]</ref><ref name="autogenerated3">Consolidation pass for Macon and Bibb county in the 2012 vote.[http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04152005-170723/unrestricted/05_lsj_CHAPTER_4_b.pdf CONSOLIDATION OF CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS: ATTEMPTS IN FIVE CITIES] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120034927/http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04152005-170723/unrestricted/05_lsj_CHAPTER_4_b.pdf|date=2013-01-20}}. Retrieved 2010-09-14.</ref> The consolidation took effect on January 1, 2014, along with the de-annexation from the city of a small portion of land in Jones County.
-===20th century to present===
+In addition to Macon, Bibb County contained one other municipality, [[Payne, Georgia|Payne City]] (or Payne), an [[Enclave and exclave|enclave]] of around 200 people that was surrounded entirely by the pre-consolidation City of Macon. In the 2012 referendum, Payne City voters rejected consolidation by a vote of 9 to 7, so it was not merged into the consolidated government. In early 2015, at the request of the small city's government, the Georgia General Assembly passed a bill dissolving Payne City, merging it with the rest of Macon-Bibb County.<ref name=":0" />
-The first foreign Consulate in the county was established in Macon in 2006, with the Royal Danish Consulate of the Kingdom of [[Denmark]].  The first ever Honorary Consul to the [[Liechtenstein|Principality of Liechtenstein]] was also established in Macon in 2007.
 == Government and politics ==
-Macon and Bibb County were consolidated in January 2014.  Since then, Macon-Bibb has been governed by a mayor, elected [[at-large]] (county-wide), along with a nine-member county commission with members elected from [[single-member districts]].<ref>{{cite web
+Since the 2014 consolidation, Macon-Bibb has been governed by a mayor, elected [[at-large]] (county-wide), along with a nine-member county commission with members elected from [[single-member districts]].<ref>{{cite web
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-Like all other Georgia counties, Bibb has an elected [[sheriff]] responsible for maintaining the [[County jail|jail]]. Bibb's sheriff also manages the county's [[Police|law enforcement]] duties, with his deputies acting as the city and county [[police]] force. The current (2013) Bibb sheriff is David Davis.
+Like all other Georgia counties, Bibb has an elected [[sheriff]] responsible for maintaining the [[County jail|jail]]. Bibb's sheriff also manages the county's [[Police|law enforcement]] duties, with his deputies acting as the city and county [[police]] force. {{As of|2019||df=}}, the current sheriff is David Davis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bibbsheriff.us/sheriff-david-davis/|title=Sheriff David Davis {{!}} bibbsheriff.us|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-17}}</ref>
-On July 31, 2012, voters in Macon (57.8 percent approval) and Bibb County (56.7 percent approval) passed a referendum to merge the governments of the city of Macon and most of unincorporated Bibb County, based on the authorization of House Bill 1171, passed by the [[Georgia General Assembly]] earlier in the year;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/sum/hb1171.htm |title=HB 1171 - Macon-Bibb County; create and incorporate new political body corporate |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030001652/http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/sum/hb1171.htm |archivedate=2012-10-30 |df= }}</ref> four previous consolidation attempts (in 1933, 1960, 1972, and 1976) had failed.<ref name="City-County Consolidation Proposals, 1921 - Present">[http://www.naco.org/Counties/Documents/City%20County%20Consolidations.01.01.2011.pdf City-County Consolidation Proposals, 1921 - Present] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719083354/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Documents/City%20County%20Consolidations.01.01.2011.pdf |date=2012-07-19 }}, ''National Association of Counties''. Retrieved 2011-02-11.</ref><ref>[http://www.ai.org/legislative/interim/committee/2005/committees/prelim/MCCC02.pdf The Effects on City-County Consolidation]</ref><ref name="autogenerated3">Consolidation pass for Macon and Bibb county in the 2012 vote.[http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04152005-170723/unrestricted/05_lsj_CHAPTER_4_b.pdf CONSOLIDATION OF CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS: ATTEMPTS IN FIVE CITIES] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120034927/http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04152005-170723/unrestricted/05_lsj_CHAPTER_4_b.pdf |date=2013-01-20 }}. Retrieved 2010-09-14.</ref>
-As the result of consolidation, a portion of Macon that extended into adjacent Jones County was deannexed from Macon.
 ===Elections===
+In 2013, the consolidated city-county held its first elections. Macon's then-mayor [[Robert Reichert]] received 49% of the vote in the general election on September 17 over the other five mayoral candidates; however, winning the election outright required the winner to capture a majority of the vote. He subsequently won 63% of the vote in a [[Two-round system|runoff election]] against former Macon mayor [[C. Jack Ellis]].<ref name="13wmaz.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.13wmaz.com/news/elections/results/results.aspx?raceid=100|title=Archived copy|archive-url=https://archive.is/20131016122604/http://www.13wmaz.com/news/elections/results/results.aspx?raceid=100|archive-date=2013-10-16|dead-url=yes|access-date=2013-10-16|df=}}</ref>
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+Reichert was unopposed for re-election in 2016, following the death of his only opponent before the election. Under the city-county charter, the mayor is subject to [[Term limits in the United States|term limits]] and may serve only two consecutive terms, so Reichert will leave office in December 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macon.com/news/politics-government/election/article79718572.html|title=Reichert reveals plans for final term, reflects on past|last=Dunlap|first=Stanley|date=2016-05-25|website=The Telegraph {{!}} Macon.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-06-17}}</ref>
-Macon mayor [[Robert Reichert]] became the first mayor of the consolidated city on January 1, 2014. He received 49% of the vote in the general election on September 17 over the other five mayoral candidates; however, winning the election outright required the winner to capture a majority of the vote. He subsequently won 63% of the vote in a runoff election against former Macon mayor [[C. Jack Ellis]].<ref name="13wmaz.com"/>
 As an urban county with a majority African American population, Bibb County is one of the most consistently [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] counties in Georgia in presidential elections, having only supported a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] presidential candidate three times in its history.

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Unincorporated communities	Arkwright Avondale Bellevue Dry Branch‡ East Macon Franklinton Lizella Lorane Payne Smithsonia Sofkee Walden
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