Macy was laid out in 1860 at the time the railroad arrived in the neighborhood. The community was originally known as "Lincoln", but when it was discovered that there was already another Lincoln in Cass County, the name was changed in order to prevent confusion in the mail system. The namesake of Macy was David Macy, president of the Indianapolis, Peru and Chicago Railway. The post office at Macy has been in operation since 1880.
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History of Miami County, Indiana1914 · page 194Read the page →
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A Methodist church was organized in this locality some twelve years before the town of Macy was laid out. The Christian church was formed in 1868. These two congregations are the principal religious societies in the town, though meetings are occasionally held liy other denominations.
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History of Miami County, Indiana, from the earliest time to the present1887 · page 499Read the page →
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Cliani>x of JS/amc, and Incorporation. — As already stated, the town of Macy was surveyed and recorded under the name of Lincoln, and was known as such until about the year 1875. The near location of another and older town of Lincoln, in Cass County, together with the name of Allen, by which the post office was originally known, gave rise to much confusion and no little trouble in the shipment of goods and the sending of mail matter. To obviate this ditficulty the citizens of the town presented a peti-
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History of Miami County, Indiana, from the earliest time to the present1887 · page 504Read the page →
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Present Population and Business. As a mercantile and shipping point the town of Macy is second to no other place of like size and population in Indiana. Its growth, during the first five vears of its history, was more rapid than at any time since, and during that period the amount of grain and stock shipped was greater than that billed from any other stations of its size between Peru and Michigan City. Its reputation as a grain market is still kept up, its remote location from larger towns making it the chief shipping place for a
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over the line, in Fulton county. In :\Iarch, 1835. :\Ir. Horton brought his family to the new home in the wilderness and for a whole year was the only resident in the township. In 1836 George Neece settled about half a mile north of the present town of Macy and his brother William came a little later and settled about a mile farther north. The former
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Macy, 1860 to 1960
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