역마는 1530년경 홍씨 성을 가진 선비가 처음 마을을 개척하였고, 1800년 소산동(素山洞)에 있던 역을 이곳으로 옮겨 온 뒤 역마라 불렀다.
Yeokma was first opened in 1530 by a scholar with the surname Hong, and in 1800, when the station in Sosan-dong was moved here, the area was called Yeokma.