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Welcome to Maready ...

Maready is located in Duplin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Maready, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Maready is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Maready: 910 & 472<3>

Communities near Maready ...

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

  • Burgaw
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Wallace
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Richlands
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Rose Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Beulaville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Magnolia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Kenansville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenevers
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Greenevers is located in Duplin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenevers
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 649 people
  • Pink Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Teachey
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Teachey is located in Duplin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teachey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people

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 Maready. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Maready.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Maready. 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 Maready.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Maready ...

Looking for more information about Maready? 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 Maready, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Maready.

Adding Maready to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Maready 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 Maready was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Maready post office opened in 1902. The Maready post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Maready.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Duplin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Maready - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 910 code has been Overlayed with the 472 area code. New phone numbers in the Maready area will be assigned with one of these codes: 910 or 472. As a result, placing a call in the Maready area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/