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History · El Macero

Half of El Macero’s homes were built after 1977

Most of El Macero was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1907 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about El Macero’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of El Macero are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19077 editions of the USGS map, 1907 to 1992. Watch El Macero change.
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On the map

El Macero on the map, 1907 to 1992

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

El Macero on the 1907 USGS mapEl Macero on the 1915 USGS mapEl Macero on the 1952 USGS mapEl Macero on the 1968 USGS mapEl Macero on the 1970 USGS mapEl Macero on the 1981 USGS mapEl Macero on the 1992 USGS map1907Davisville 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 El Macero.

The story

How El Macero came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of El Macero.

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The ownership of the land can be traced back to General Mariano Guadelupe Vallejo. The land was bought by the Montgomery Family in 1851 who settled during the gold rush. One century later, the land was bought by Bruce Mace. Mace hired Robert Baldock, a golf course designer from Fresno. He then opened the club house a decade later by spring of 1961, along with the golf course and the first 175 lots for sale.

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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History across the town line

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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 Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.