Monroe County Bicentennial

Our Sponsors

As special thanks to the 48 sponsors that have made this celebration such a success. Please take a moment to view a few of our sponsors and thank them for helping us put on a magnificent display of pride, unity and faith in our county at this year’s Bicentennial Celebration!

Then & Now

Comparing our past and present historical sites, figures, and culture.

In the News

Members of Hubbard Alumni Association look to preserve history of alma mater

Hubbard Elementary and High was once Forsyth’s only school for Black students. Members recently featured a ribbon cutting in their newly renovated space. Catch the full article and video at the 13WMAZ website.

‘Everybody is welcomed’: Monroe County to celebrate 200 years with bicentennial bash

MONROE COUNTY, Ga. — In just two weeks, Monroe County celebrates its bicentennial. It’s a celebration 200 years in the making! That means food, dancing, music and vendors, at the county’s bicentennial bash! They’ve been

13WMAZ Covers Monroe County Bicentennial Kickoff Event

The Monroe County Bicentennial Commision held a kickoff event on June 6, 2021. 13WMAZ went to the kickoff to learn more about Monroe County’s history and talked to some residents about why Monroe County deserves

time Capsule

View items from the 1973 Sesquicentennial Time Capsule that was unearthed during the Bicentennial Celebration.

Monroe's History

Local Steve Reece highlight's Monroe County's rich history.

Did you Know

Interesting snippets of Monroe County history.

Did you know that a Philadelphia Quaker had an impact on the education of African American students in Monroe County?

“I should like to help the little country schools,” Anna Jeanes said, so she established a foundation that supported Jeanes supervisors in rural schools in the American South. Supervisors visited the schools, often one room

Did you know that the publisher of a local newspaper fatally shot the Monroe County Clerk of Superior Court in 1850– was not convicted?

The two had a “difficulty,” as the expression went. The Clerk of the Superior Court, Rufus J. Pinckard, sent the county’s legal ads to a Macon newspaper to run instead of placing them with “The

Did you know that Juliette is not the only feminine place name in the history of Monroe County?

“Eleanor” was the name the Georgia legislature gave in 1907 in the act of incorporation for the mill community established by Captain J. M. Ponder for his workers. Its name came from Eleanor, his younger