Of notable meaning are the numerous taverns, inns, automotive garages and other travel-related structures still in existence today, which includes the Fulton House, the Fulton County Courthouse, and the log cabin of Daniel McConnell, who laid out the borough on April 20, 1786.

Currently McConnellsburg's largest economic driver is Oshkosh Corporation-owned JLG Industries, a major manufacturer of construction and maintenance access-related lifting equipment such as boomlifts, etc.

McConnellsburg is located in eastern Fulton County in the Ridge and Valley section of the Appalachian Mountains in southern Pennsylvania.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.35 square miles (0.9 km2), all land.

The west end of Pennsylvania Route 16 is in McConnellsburg, following Lincoln Way and then the Buchanan Trail southeast out of town.

Newspaper: The Fulton County News Television McConnellsburg, and the rest of Fulton County, are located in the Washington, D.C. television market, but also are covered by Altoona and Harrisburg channels-but stations are difficult to catch with an antenna, requiring cable or satellite.

An antenna can, however, sometimes get stations based out of the Hagerstown sub-market, such as WDVM and WWPB.