Macedonia, Georgia
Coordinates: 34°15′13.7″N 84°21′37.5″W / 34.253806°N 84.360417°W
Macedonia is an unincorporated community along Georgia Highway 20 in eastern Cherokee County, Georgia, United States approximately 6 miles east of the county seat, Canton, Georgia. The center of Macedonia is approximately 45 miles north of Atlanta via I-75 / I-575 or 35 miles via Georgia 400. Straight-line distance indicates mileage of 31 miles from the center of downtown Atlanta.
One theory as to how the community got its name is from Macedonia Baptist Church which was established in the late 1870s; from there an elementary school along Dock Lathem Trail (now closed) was also called Macedonia. Macedonia also had a second elementary school along Cokers Chapel Road prior to the present Macedonia Elementary School built in 1956. Macedonia Elementary underwent a significant renovation and a new schoolhouse was built in 1997 to accommodate the explosive growth.
Since the early 1990s, the Macedonia community has become a hotbed of suburban growth with a mix of residential and commercial development. One major residential development is the Woodmont Country Club, which has over 900 houses and the community's first golf course (privately owned). With Macedonia having a largely rural history, most of the older residents do not live in a subdivision; some residents still own vast amounts of farmland. Since 2002, many commercial developments have been built such as Kroger grocery store, Wells Fargo Bank, McDonald's Restaurant, Waffle House, and several other outparcels. Walgreens Drug Store has also expressed interest in the area. Macedonia has a convenience store that used to also be used as a very small grocery store before Kroger was built. Macedonia Foods has been in operation since the 1980s but has since been bought out by BP and is now primarily a gas station. Prior to 2002, the closest significant commercial development was in the city of Canton.
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