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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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13021.html )〕 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 and dissolve the government of the only other incorporated municipality in the county, Payne City; however, Payne City was officially dissolved by Governor Nathan Deal on March 27, 2015. Bibb County is part of the Macon, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Robert Reichert was the first mayor of Macon-Bibb, January 1, 2014.〔http://www.13wmaz.com/news/elections/results/results.aspx?raceid=100〕 == History == Native Americans/Indians (mostly Cherokee) had inhabited the area, which would become Bibb County, for centuries. They were forcibly removed further West to the newly-laid out Indian Territory, in what was known as the Indian Removal in the 1830s under the administration of seventh President Andrew Jackson (also known as the "Trail of Tears". It was one of the counties included in what was called the "Black Belt", referring to the fertile dark soil of the uplands. The area was initially developed by European Americans and African Americans for cotton plantations. 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 History of Georgia, moved to the new Alabama Territory, before being elected as the first Governor of the new State of Alabama. During the Civil War, 10% of the white men in the county died in the service of the Confederate States Army.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cotton, Fire, and Dreams )〕 The first foreign Consulate in the country was established in Macon in 2006, with the Royal Danish Consulate of the Kingdom of Denmark. The first ever Honorary Consul to the Principality of Liechtenstein was also established in Macon in 2007. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bibb County, Georgia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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