Macedonia’s post office opened in 1908, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
More historic than 25% of U.S. towns · #881 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
Most of Macedonia was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1990. Its Register listing is the Longwood Manor. Below: maps from 1903 on and the census since 1880.
The Macedonia post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Macedonia Depot (1852), opened inside today’s city and later closed.
First census: 219 in 18802020 census: 12,168118 years
How historic is Macedonia?
C−
More historic than 25% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Macedonia post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Macedonia’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Macedonia is more historic than 25% of U.S. towns, #881 of 993 in Ohio. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Macedonia’s overall grade.
Ohio towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Ohio town has 2.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Macedonia’s 2.5 sits near the middle of its state (54% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 3 historic buildings outnumber those of 65% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.2 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Macedonia’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The city's name is said to derive from a small joke among divinity students at Western Reserve College, which in the early 19th century was in Hudson, Ohio. The students, who were called upon to preach in the small hamlet 6 miles (10 km) to the north, recalled a bible passage, Acts 16:10: "...we sought to go to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them."
Passages that mention Macedonia, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Centennial history of Summit County, Ohio1908 · page 696Read the page →
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Muiiii, has been prominent in the business affairs of Macedonia for a number of years, and the two brothers, together and individually, have been identified mth much of the public life and conmiercial concerns of this section. The brothers were born at Macedonia, Northfield Township, Summit County, Ohio, May 6, 1840, and are sons of Hiram
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History of Summit County, with an outline sketch of Ohio1881 · page 574Read the page →
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Abraham Cranmer, in 1824, built the first house in Macedonia. It was a hewed-log building, with the usual inconveniences and lack of attractions, and was located in the northeastern part of the village. This house stood until 1854, when it was taken down.
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History of Summit County, with an outline sketch of Ohio1881 · page 575Read the page →
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away in 1843, David Armstead and Carl Storrs bought a portion of the machinery, and immediately thereafter erected a fine saw-mill at Macedonia. They owned and operated the mill until 1852, when Alexander Nesbitt bought them out, and four years later a man named Griffith became owner. Stone & Buswell owned and operated it during the war, and
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History of Summit County, Ohio1881 · page 575Read the page →
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away in 1843, David Armstead and Carl Storrs bought a portion of the machinery, and immediately thereafter erected a fine saw-mill at Macedonia. They owned and operated the mill until 1852, when Alexander Nesbitt bought them out, and four years later a man named Griffith became owner. Stone & Buswell owned and operated it during the war, and
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Macedonia, 1837 to 1997
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Macedonia post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Macedonia rank for history?
Macedonia is more historic than 25% of U.S. towns, #881 of 993 in Ohio. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Macedonia?
One place: the Longwood Manor (listed 2014).
How old are the homes in Macedonia?
5% of Macedonia’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.2 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1990.
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).
From the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via 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.
