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History · Macy

Macy’s post office opened in 1906

Most of Macy was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1966 on.

1906first post office
0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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How Macy began

When was Macy founded?

1906

The Macy post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,045120 years
Founding year: the first Macy post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Macy’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story

How Macy came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Macy.

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The first post office at Macy was established in 1906. Macy was named from a compound of the words Omaha and Agency.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Macy, 1907 to 1966

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1907Born hereTuffy Griffiths is born here
  3. 1959Born hereRodney A. Grant is born here
  4. 1966On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Macy, decade by decade

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Macy, Nebraska school 12010Macy, Nebraska school 1Macy, Nebraska Omaha Tribe Admin 12010Macy, Nebraska Omaha Tribe Admin 1
On the map

Macy on the map, 1966 to 1986

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

Macy on the 1966 USGS mapMacy on the 1986 USGS map1966Macy sheet · 1:24,000

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

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Macy

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Rodney A. GrantAmerican actor · b. 1959
Tuffy GriffithsAmerican boxer · b. 1907

Questions about Macy’s history

What year was Macy founded?

The Macy post office opened in 1906, 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 Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.