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Welcome to McCreary ...

McCreary is located in Garrard County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of McCreary, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

McCreary is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: McCreary lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for McCreary: 859

Communities Also Named McCreary ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named McCreary - it's located in Manitoba.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for McCreary.

Communities near McCreary ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near McCreary.

  • Richmond
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Nicholasville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Danville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Berea
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Berea is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,287 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berea <3>
  • Harrodsburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Wilmore
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Lancaster
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Stanford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Junction City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Brodhead
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around McCreary. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for McCreary.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of McCreary. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around McCreary.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around McCreary. See our Newspapers Page for McCreary.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for McCreary ...

Looking for more information about McCreary? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to McCreary, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for McCreary.

Adding McCreary to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of McCreary in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for McCreary was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the McCreary post office opened in 1886. The McCreary post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for McCreary.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Garrard, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around McCreary - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/