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History · McIntosh

McIntosh’s post office opened in 1903, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of McIntosh was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1973. Its Register listing is the McIntosh Log Church. Below: 3 old photos and papers, maps from 1943 on, and the census since 1970.

1903first post office
1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
3old photos & papers
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From McIntosh’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How McIntosh began

When was McIntosh founded?

1903

The McIntosh post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Mc Intosh Bluff (1859), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 297 in 19702020 census: 206123 years
Founding year: the first McIntosh post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about McIntosh’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 3 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start McIntosh’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how McIntosh’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewHABS ALA,65-MCIN,1- (sheet 1 of 1) - An…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How McIntosh came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of McIntosh.

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McIntosh was named for Captain John McIntosh, a British Army officer. McIntosh had a river landing at McIntosh Bluff on the Tombigbee River. The town was incorporated on April 7, 1970.

McIntosh is near the site of Aaron Burr's arrest in 1807 while the area was part of the Mississippi Territory. He was captured by U.S. Army Lt. Edmund P. Gaines in the town of Wakefield, a few miles to the north, and then confined to Fort Stoddert. A historic marker has been placed to document this event.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

McIntosh, 1859 to 1943

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1859Post officeThe Mc Intosh Bluff post office opens
  3. 1860BuiltMcIntosh Log Church is built
  4. 20th century
  5. 1903Post officeThe Mc Intosh Bluff post office closes
  6. 1903Post officeThe Mc Intosh post office opens
  7. 1933In the archiveHABS ALA,65-MCIN,1- (sheet 1 of 1) - Andrews Chapel, U.S. Highway 43 (State Highway 13)
  8. 1943On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

McIntosh, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1930s2 items
HABS ALA,65-MCIN,1- (sheet 1 of 1) - Andrews Chapel, U.S. Highway 43 (State Highway 13)1933HABS ALA,65-MCIN,1- (sheet 1 of 1) - Andrews Chapel, …HABS ALA,65-MCIN,1- (sheet 1 of 1) - Andrews Chapel, U.S. Highway 43 (State Highway 13)1933HABS ALA,65-MCIN,1- (sheet 1 of 1) - Andrews Chapel, …
1940s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Date unknown1 to date
Andrews Chapel, U.S. Highway 43 (State Highway 13)Date?Andrews Chapel, U.S. Highway 43 (State Highway 13)
Today7 recent
Andrews Chapel2010Andrews ChapelAndrews Chapel2010Andrews ChapelAndrews Chapel2010Andrews ChapelAndrews Chapel2010Andrews ChapelNS 6554 EMD SD602008NS 6554 EMD SD60NS 6554 EMD SD60 (cropped)2008NS 6554 EMD SD60 (cropped)ALMap-doton-McIntosh2004ALMap-doton-McIntosh
On the map

McIntosh on the map, 1943 to 1982

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of McIntosh. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

McIntosh on the 1943 USGS mapMcIntosh on the 1982 USGS map1943McIntosh sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of McIntosh.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

HABS ALA,65-MCIN,1- (sheet 1 of 1) - Andrews Chapel, U.S. Highway 43 (State Highway 13)
Retake this viewHABS ALA,65-MCIN,1- (sheet 1 of 1) - Andrews Chapel, U.S. Highway 43 (State Highway 13), 1933

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on McIntosh’s page.

Retake this view · +15
On the National Register

1 historic place in McIntosh

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1974
McIntosh Log Church
McIntosh Log Church, built 1860
Buildings
McIntosh Log ChurchBuilt 1860

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

McIntosh, census by census

0100200300198020002020Peak: 319

Between 206 and 319 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on McIntosh’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to McIntosh

Nobody well known was born in McIntosh itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Beverly Jo ScottAmerican musician · b. 1959
David HilliardBlack Panther Party leader · b. 1942
Ellis HooksAmerican blues singer · b. 1974
Samaje PerineAmerican football player · b. 1995
Ann CaseyAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1938
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Buddy LucasAmerican musician · b. 1914
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Another post office, Mc Intosh Bluff, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Mc Intosh Bluff
1859–1903
Mc Intosh
1903–today
18501940today
1cemetery inside McIntosh
McIntosh United Methodist

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about McIntosh’s history

What year was McIntosh founded?

The McIntosh post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in McIntosh?

One place: the McIntosh Log Church (listed 1974).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (7), the Library of Congress (3), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.