Welcome to McRoss ...

McRoss is located in Greenbrier County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of McRoss, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1942.

McRoss is 2,400 feet [732 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of McRoss is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Telephone area codes for McRoss: (304) & (681)<3>

Communities near McRoss ...

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

• Fayetteville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
  • Fayetteville is located in Fayette County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,684 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fayetteville <4>
• Richwood
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richwood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
  • Richwood is located in Nicholas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,842 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richwood <4>
• Alderson
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderson
  • Alderson is located in Greenbrier County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alderson <4>
• Rupert
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
  • Rupert is located in Greenbrier County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 880 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rupert <4>
• Meadow Bridge
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bridge
  • Meadow Bridge is located in Fayette County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
• Quinwood
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinwood
  • Quinwood is located in Greenbrier County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
• Thurmond
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurmond
  • Thurmond is located in Fayette County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thurmond <4>
• Crichton
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crichton
  • Crichton is located in Greenbrier County
• Bellwood
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
  • Bellwood is located in Fayette County
• Crawley
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawley
  • Crawley is located in Greenbrier County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crawley <4>

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for McRoss ...

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

Adding McRoss to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of McRoss 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 for McRoss was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the McRoss post office opened in 1942.

For more details, see References and Mentions for McRoss.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for McRoss. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/