Mackey, Iowa

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Mackey, Iowa
Unincorporated community
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Mackey, Iowa
Coordinates: 42°09′59″N93°45′25″W / 42.16639°N 93.75694°W / 42.16639; -93.75694
Country United States
State Iowa
County Boone
Elevation
1,007 ft (307 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 515
GNIS feature ID464638 [1]

Mackey is an unincorporated community in Boone County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. [1]

History

The community was named after Sebastian Mackey, an early settler. [2] Mackey was not officially platted. [3] A variant name was "Mackey’s Grove". [3] A post office called Mackeys Grove was established in 1870, the name was changed to Mackey in 1883, and the post office closed in 1905. [4] Mackey's population was 25 in 1902, [5] and 51 in 1925. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mackey, Iowa
  2. ↑ Goldthwait, Nathan Edward (1914). History of Boone County, Iowa. Pioneer Publishing Company. p.  321.
  3. 1 2 "County History". Boone County. Archived from the original on June 12, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  5. ↑ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
  6. ↑ Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States, territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions. Rand McNally & Company. 1925. p. 190.
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