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county, Alabama, United States
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Tuskegee: Macon County Courthouse
Tuskegee: Macon County Courthouse Macon County Courthouse, Tuskegee, Alabama.

Macon County is located in east-central Alabama, United States. The county was founded in 1833 and its name is derived from a nearby Creek Indian village.1

The county is primarily known as the location of Tuskegee University, a private institution founded in 1881. The university was initially established to train African American teachers and is now a coeducational school. Notable figures associated with Tuskegee University include educator Booker T. Washington, who served as principal, and chemist George Washington Carver, who spent most of his career there. The university and a hospital are the main economic drivers of the city of Tuskegee, which is the county seat.1

Additionally, "maconite" is a term for a type of vermiculite originating from Macon County, Georgia.2

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