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Welcome to McNeill ...

McNeill is located in Hardy County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of McNeill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.

McNeill is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for McNeill: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named McNeill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named McNeill - they are located in Alabama and Mississippi.

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

Communities near McNeill ...

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

  • Petersburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Moorefield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Romney
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Romney is located in Hampshire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romney
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,680 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Romney <4>
  • Wardensville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Fort Run
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Fort Run is located in Hardy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Run
  • Inkerman
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Inkerman is located in Hardy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
  • Medley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Lahmansville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Lahmansville is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahmansville
  • Arthur
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Arthur is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
  • Baker
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Baker is located in Hardy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for McNeill ...

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

Adding McNeill to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the McNeill post office opened in 1910. The McNeill post office closed in 1941.

For more details, see References and Mentions for McNeill.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Hardy, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around McNeill - 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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the McNeill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the McNeill 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/