Macedon, New York | |
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| Nickname: "The Two Lock Town" | |
 Location in Wayne County and the state of New York. | |
| Coordinates: 43°04′04″N 077°18′13″W / 43.06778°N 77.30361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Wayne |
| Settled | 1789 |
| Established | January 29, 1823[1] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town Board |
| • Supervisor | Kim Leonard |
| • Clerk | Karrie Bowers |
| • Court | Justice Tom L. Crowley Justice Ron J. Reinstein |
| Area | |
| • Total | 38.86 sq mi (100.64 km2) |
| • Land | 38.68 sq mi (100.18 km2) |
| • Water | 0.18 sq mi (0.46 km2) |
| Elevation | 489 ft (149 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 9,148 |
| • Estimate (2016)[3] | 9,005 |
| • Density | 232.80/sq mi (89.88/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 14502 |
| Area code(s) | 315, 585 and 680 |
| FIPS code | 36-44149 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0956224 |
| Website | http://www.macedontown.net/ |
Macedon is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 9,148 at the 2010 census.
The Town of Macedon is named after the birthplace of Alexander the Great, in Ancient Macedonia.[4] It is located in the southwest corner of Wayne County and contains a hamlet also named Macedon, formerly an incorporated village. The town is east of Rochester and west of Syracuse.
- ^ Wayne County Office of County Historian - Town of Macedon History, Retrieved June 7, 2015.
- ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
USCensusEst2016was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 195.