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History · McGregor

McGregor’s post office opened in 1890, and 20% of its homes were built before 1940

1890first post office
0on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
Photo: Lorie Shaull · CC BY 2.0
Quick answers

How McGregor began

When was McGregor founded?

1890

The McGregor post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 384136 years
Founding year: the first McGregor post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

McGregor’s post office has been open since 1890.

Gone or out of use
McGregor Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside McGregor
Carr MemorialUnion

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

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History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Questions about McGregor’s history

What year was McGregor founded?

The McGregor post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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

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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 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.