Macedonia was platted in the 1858, but was not incorporated until 1894. The Johnson, Vise and Fisher families were prominent early settlers. The village flourished for a number of years; Macedonia in 1910 is described as bustling village of 400, situated on a hill with a beautiful view of the countryside.
Macedonia, like other rural Mormon settlements in Hancock County, was a casualty of the Mormon conflict centered in Nauvoo. The renaming of the town for the ...
During the exodus from Illinois in 1846, a major portion of the settle- ment traveled together as the “Macedonia Company.” They crossed Iowa and then wintered ...
The year 1907 was historic for the tri-city Bulgarian community because it saw the construction of a church, the founding of two newspapers, and the onset of a ...