The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Mack.
Mack was originally known as Dry Ridge in the 19th century. It was renamed after Andrew Mack, a local politician.
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C−History
History · Mack
Mack’s post office opened in 1892
More historic than 22% of U.S. towns · #901 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
Most of Mack was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981. Below: maps from 1914 on and old-book passages.
1892first post office
0on the National Register
6%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Mack began
When was Mack founded?
1892
The Mack post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name.
2020 census: 11,088134 years
How historic is Mack?
C−
What drives the grade ↓More historic than 22% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Mack post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Mack’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Mack is more historic than 22% of U.S. towns, #901 of 993 in Ohio. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Mack’s overall grade.
Founding era1892, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19405.6% of homes (±2.9) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%CNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical OH town 2.9 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 22%
NewerOlder
Ohio towns of 2,500+ (993)Ahead of 9%
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 Mack’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C. The pre-1940 share (±2.9 points) is firm at this size. 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 Mack’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mack’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.On the map
Mack on the map, 1914 to 1996
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Mack. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1914West Cincinnati sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Mack.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Mack in 1894
Passages that mention Mack, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio1894 · page 408Read the page →
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Mack existed as a post-village under the name of Dry Ridge, some fifty years ago. Its first merchants were Huston, St. Clair, Winter, and Markland. The last named, William Markland, was in business here until his death in 1885, a period of nearly forty years. Ebenezer Methodist church is located at this village.
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History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio1894 · page 408Read the page →
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Mack existed as a post-village under the name of Dry Ridge, some fifty years ago. Its first merchants were Huston, St. Clair, Winter, and Markland. The last named, William Markland, was in business here until his death in 1885, a period of nearly forty years. Ebenezer Methodist church is located at this village.
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.
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Nobody well known was born in Mack itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Nate DusingAmerican swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, worl… · b. 1978D
Dana StubblefieldAmerican football player · b. 1970
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Cornelia Cassady DavisUS painter · b. 1870Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Mack’s history
What year was Mack founded?
The Mack post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Mack rank for history?
Mack is more historic than 22% of U.S. towns, #901 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.
How old are the homes in Mack?
6% of Mack’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.9 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1981.
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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).
From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.