BlockMackey, Indiana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Barton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47660. It stands on Donohue Creek. The Survey maps it on the Francisco quadrangle. 131 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 449 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMackey grew from 106 to 131 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 106 | |
| 2020 | 131 | +25 (+24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1902 USGS Ditney quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1903 USGS Petersburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Francisco quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
2,160 words on this townshipHistory of Gibson County Indiana, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Barton Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Barton Township - 2,160 words.
Storms near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mackey in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mackey | $15,000 | The roof from a post office building in Mackey was partially removed by thunderstorm wind gusts approximately 2 miles south of the tornado track. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mackey | $15,000 | Concession stands, dugouts, and other facilities were damaged or destroyed at a baseball field. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mackey | $5,000 | Several power poles were down near State Routes 57 and 168. |
| July 2013 | Flood | Mackey | - | One foot of water was running across Highway 57. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Mackey | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Mackey | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Mackey | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somerville | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Buckskin | 2.0 miles | 20 | |
| Oak Hill | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Gudgel | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Gray Junction | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Francisco | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Fort Gibson (historical) | 6.4 miles | 24 | |
| Oakland City | 6.5 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Mackey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2137256 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 438460. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.