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Welcome to McNary ...

McNary is located in Big Bend Country (West Texas).

McNary is located in Hudspeth County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of McNary, you might consider that their post office opened in 1926.

McNary is 3,570 feet [1,088 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of McNary is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: McNary lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from McNary (for example, toward Van Horn), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for McNary: 915

Communities Also Named McNary ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named McNary - they are located in Arizona, Kentucky, Louisiana, Oregon and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near McNary ...

We have created a list of 8 communities that are near McNary.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for McNary ...

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

Adding McNary to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of McNary 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 McNary was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the McNary post office opened in 1926. The McNary post office closed in 1979.

For more details, see References and Mentions for McNary.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Hudspeth, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around McNary - 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/