Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1978 on and the census since 1900.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Macedonia’s history is told.
Peaked at 357 in 1910; 267 people lived here in 2020.
13 censuses, 1900–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Macedonia’s Wikipedia page.
From Wikipedia’s history of Macedonia.
The city was named after the region of Macedonia, in Ancient Greece. It is located along the route of the historical Pioneer Trail.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Macedonia, cut from the printed page as they were published.
erection of a fine flouring-mill on the West Nishnabotna, in 1876-77, by L. S. and Salathial Pruden. Its location is about a mile and a half southwest of Macedonia, and the river at this point is crossed by a handsome bridge, and the highway leading from Macedonia to Hastings, in Mills County, on the main line of the Chicago, Burlington &
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HON. B. F. CLAYTON, farmer, stock and real estate dealer, P. O. Macedonia, is the proprietor of Suunyside Stock Farm, situated one and three quarters miles southwest of the town of Macedonia; he is interested in an agricultural implement house in Macedonia, known by the firm name of Clayton & Clark, also in a similar house in Carson,
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The town of Macedonia was incorporated in 1892 with the following officers: Mayor, J. M. Kelley; recorder, S. H. Hopkins; marshal and street commissioner. Wm. Marshall; treasurer. T. I. Clark; council, E. E. Smith, W. Dye, T. J. Young. E. H. Sempel, E. B. Lane and A. I. Mitchell, M. D.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Macedonia. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Macedonia.
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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