{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Mackey, Iowa |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |nickname = |motto =
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==History== The community was named after Sebastian Mackey, an early settler.<ref>{{cite book|last=Goldthwait|first=Nathan Edward|title=History of Boone County, Iowa|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofbooneco01gold|year=1914|publisher=Pioneer Publishing Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofbooneco01gold/page/321 321]}}</ref> Mackey was not officially platted.<ref name="History">{{cite web | url=http://www.boonecounty.iowa.gov/about-us/county-history | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612044810/http://www.boonecounty.iowa.gov/about-us/county-history | url-status=dead | archive-date=12 June 2017 | title=County History | publisher=Boone County | accessdate=24 March 2018}}</ref> A variant name was "Mackey’s Grove".<ref name="History" /> 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IA&county=Boone | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=24 March 2018}}</ref> Mackey's population was 25 in 1902,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9AzrWecxN1wC |title=Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition |date=1902 |publisher=J. R. Gray & Company |pages=203–207 |language=en}}</ref> and 51 in 1925.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WqRRAQAAMAAJ |title=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 |date=1925 |publisher=Rand McNally & Company |pages=190 |language=en}}</ref>
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{{Boone County, Iowa}}
Category:Unincorporated communities in Boone County, Iowa Category:1870 establishments in Iowa Category:Unincorporated communities in Iowa
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