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History · Macon Township

Macon Township’s post office opened in 1873, and 34% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1896 on.

1873first post office
0on the National Register
34%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Macon Township began, and where its name came from

When was Macon Township founded?

1873

The Macon Township post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Macon (1873), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 88153 years

How did Macon Township get its name?

Macon Township was named after Macon, Georgia, the native home of a pioneer settler.

Founding year: the first Macon Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

What stands out about Macon Township’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 Macon Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Macon Township’s homes were built before 1954.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Macon Township’s history is told.

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The story

How Macon Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Macon Township.

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A post office was established at Macon in 1873, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1955. It was named after Macon, Georgia, the native home of a pioneer settler.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Macon Township, 1873 to 1955

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1873Post officeThe Macon post office opens
  3. 1896On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1955Post officeThe Macon post office closes
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On the map

Macon Township on the map, 1896 to 1973

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

Macon Township on the 1896 USGS mapMacon Township on the 1973 USGS map1896Holdrege sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Macon Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Macon, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Macon
Gone or out of use
Macon Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Macon Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

East Bloomington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSalem TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAsh Grove TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMarion TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Macon Township’s history

What year was Macon Township founded?

The Macon Township post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.