Mackeys

… community in N Washington County W of the mouth of Kendricks Creek on Albemarle Sound. Alt. 8. Settled about 1765 near the S terminus of Mackeys Ferry, which see, named for Col. William Mackey, local landowner. Post office est. 1856 as Mackeys Ferry; name changed to Mackeys in 1913. Mackeys Ferry appears on the Collet map, 1770.