Macy, Nebraska
census-designated place in Thurston County, Nebraska, United States
Macy is a census-designated place (CDP) in Thurston County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,045 at the 2020 census. It is within the Omaha Reservation, and includes Omaha Nation Public Schools.
History
The first post office at Macy was established in 1906. Macy was named from a compound of the words Omaha and Agency.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2), all land.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the census of 2020, the population was 1,045. The population density was 655.2 inhabitants per square mile (253.0/km2). There were 229 housing units at an average density of 143.6 per square mile (55.4/km2). The racial makeup of the cdp was 98.1% Native American, 0.7% White, 0.1% Asian, 0.5% from other races, and 0.7% from two or more races.
“Macy, Nebraska” enters the record as census-designated place in Thurston County, Nebraska, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Macy, Nebraska and census-designated can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q963605. Authority coordinates are 42.113, -96.359. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 1906.
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This entry incorporates text from “Macy, Nebraska” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.