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History · McKinney

McKinney’s post office opened in 1880

Below: maps from 1952 on.

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How McKinney began

When was McKinney founded?

1880

The McKinney post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, McKinney's Station (1877), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 201146 years
Founding year: the first McKinney post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about McKinney’s past

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The story so far

McKinney, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of McKinney yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

McKinney is a census-designated place in Lincoln County in south-central Kentucky. McKinney is located along Kentucky Route 198 and the Norfolk Southern Railway, 8.6 miles (13.8 km) southwest of Stanford. McKinney has a post office with ZIP code 40448. As of the 2020 census, McKinney had a population of 201.

Its first post office opened in 1880.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

McKinney, 1877 to 1952

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1877Post officeThe McKinney's Station post office opens
  3. 1880Post officeThe McKinney's Station post office closes
  4. 1880Post officeThe McKinney post office opens
  5. 1891Born hereJoseph K. Carson, Jr. is born here
  6. 20th century
  7. 1952On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

McKinney on the map, 1952 to 1979

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of McKinney. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

McKinney on the 1952 USGS mapMcKinney on the 1979 USGS map1952Hustonville sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of McKinney.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

McKinney’s post office has been open since 1880. Another post office, McKinney's Station, opened and closed inside today’s town.

McKinney's Station
1877–1880
McKinney
1880–today
18701950today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about McKinney’s history

What year was McKinney founded?

The McKinney post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.