Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
2 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 82 buildings. Below: old-book passages.
Mackville dates its founding to 1818 (Wikipedia’s history). Its post office opened in 1826.
Mackville was named for Captain John McKittrick, an American Revolutionary War veteran who owned the original tract upon which the city was founded.
The name was changed to the current spelling when a post office was established in the city in 1826.
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 Mackville’s history is told.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
From Wikipedia’s history of Mackville.
Mackville was established in 1818 as "Maxville." It was named for Captain John McKittrick, an American Revolutionary War veteran who owned the original tract upon which the city was founded. The name was changed to the current spelling when a post office was established in the city in 1826.
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Passages that mention Mackville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
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[ =o] By the next year the California fever had spread over the whole Western country, and the young men were on the move for the Pacific Coast. Realizing that it would be improbable that they could ever reunite their family in Mackville, the old folks concluded to follow the younger ones and keep together the best they could. With this view, the old place at Mackville was reluctantly, regretfully sold, and a large farm of six hundred acres purchased on the Platte, near 102.
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.
Mackville’s post office has been open since 1826.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
In 1818, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Mackville’s post office opened in 1826.
Two places: the Farmer's Bank of Mackville (listed 1989) and the Mackville Historic District (2014).
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 (8), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), 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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