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History · Macdona

Macdona’s post office opened in 1886, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1953 on.

1886first post office
0on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
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How Macdona began

When was Macdona founded?

1886

The Macdona post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 464140 years
Founding year: the first Macdona post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Macdona’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 Macdona came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Macdona.

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Macdona was named for George Macdona, an Englishman, who owned the townsite. The first recorded sale of town lots was dated July 7, 1886. The Macdona post office (78054) opened in 1886. On September 1, 1909, the Artesian Belt opened a 42-mile (68 km) line between Macdona and Christine. In 2000, Macdona was reported to have 297 persons. The town is part of the 210 and 726 area code districts.

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On the map

Macdona on the map, 1953 to 1991

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

Macdona on the 1953 USGS mapMacdona on the 1967 USGS mapMacdona on the 1973 USGS mapMacdona on the 1982 USGS mapMacdona on the 1991 USGS map1953Macdona 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 Macdona.

Famous people

Famous people close to Macdona

Nobody well known was born in Macdona itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Joan CrawfordAmerican actress · b. 1905
Michelle RodriguezAmerican actress · b. 1978
Robert RodriguezAmerican filmmaker · b. 1968
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Jared PadaleckiAmerican actor · b. 1982
Megan Thee StallionAmerican rapper, singer and songwriter · b. 1995
Rick RiordanAmerican author · b. 1964

Questions about Macdona’s history

What year was Macdona founded?

The Macdona post office opened in 1886, 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.