McCrary is located southeast of Columbus and northeast of New Hope on the Mississippi/Alabama state line.

[1] McCrary is located on the former Mobile and Ohio Railroad and had a freight and passenger station.

[5] Roland McMillan Harper passed through McCrary while documenting the plant life of Mississippi.

[6] It has been postulated that Hernando de Soto crossed into Mississippi from Alabama at McCrary.

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