McCrary, Mississippi | |
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  McCrary Location within the state of Mississippi  McCrary McCrary (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 33°27′50″N 88°17′01″W / 33.46389°N 88.28361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Lowndes |
| Elevation | 276 ft (84 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST)) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 662 |
| GNIS feature ID | 673319 [1] |
McCrary is an unincorporated community in Lowndes County, Mississippi. McCrary is located southeast of Columbus and northeast of New Hope on the Mississippi/Alabama state line. [1]
McCrary is located on the former Mobile and Ohio Railroad and had a freight and passenger station. [2] [3] The community was once home to a cotton gin and sawmill. [4]
A post office operated under the name McCrary from 1898 to 1910. [5]
Roland McMillan Harper passed through McCrary while documenting the plant life of Mississippi. [6]
It has been postulated that Hernando de Soto crossed into Mississippi from Alabama at McCrary. [7]
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: McCrary
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (PDF). Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 186.
- ^ Fourteenth Bienniel Report of the Railroad Commission of the State of Mississippi for the Two Years Ending June 30, 1913. Nashville, Tennessee: Brandon Printing Company. 1913. p. 68.
- ^ "Phase I Historic Resources Survey Along Luxapalila Creek, And At The Remains Of A Historic Mill (22L0948), Lowndes County, Mississippi" (PDF). Defense Technical Information Center. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
- ^ "Lowndes County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
- ^ Harper, Roland M. (1913). Morris, Edward Lyman (ed.). "A botanical cross-section of northern Mississippi, with notes on the influence of soil on vegetation". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 40: 379.
- ^ Seventeenth Report of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office. 1915. p. 90.
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