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Welcome to McCray ...

McCray is located in Alamance County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of McCray, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

McCray is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for McCray: 336 & 743<3>

Websites for McCray ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.alamancechamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to McCray, the following might be of interest:

Communities near McCray ...

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

  • Burlington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mebane
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Mebane is located in Alamance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mebane
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,732 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mebane <4>
  • Graham
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Graham is located in Alamance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,766 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Graham <4>
  • Reidsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Elon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Elon is located in Alamance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,186 people
  • Gibsonville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hillsborough
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Elon College
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Haw River
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Green Level
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Level is located in Alamance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Level
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,341 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 McCray. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for McCray.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for McCray ...

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

Adding McCray to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the McCray post office opened in 1883. The McCray post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for McCray.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Alamance, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around McCray - 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 336 code has been Overlayed with the 743 area code. New phone numbers in the McCray area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the McCray 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/