Welcome to McCoy ...McCoy is located McCoy is located in Kaufman County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of McCoy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885. McCoy is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: McCoy lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time While we believe that this McCoy is located in Kaufman County, we know of another 4 Texas communities named McCoy. Those communities are located in the following counties: Atascosa, Floyd, Panola and Red River County. Beyond Texas, there are 18 communities that are also named McCoy - they are located in Alabama, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nevada (2), Ohio, Oregon, Virginia (2) and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for McCoy. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near McCoy. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around McCoy. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for McCoy. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of McCoy. 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 McCoy. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around McCoy. See our Newspapers Page for McCoy. Looking for more information about McCoy? 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 McCoy, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for McCoy. We originally found mention of McCoy 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 McCoy was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for McCoy.
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