Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to McConnell

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
History · McConnell

McConnell’s post office opened in 1925, and 37% of its homes were built before 1940

1925first post office
0on the National Register
37%homes built before 1940
Add an old photoShare a memory
Quick answers

How McConnell began

When was McConnell founded?

1925

The McConnell post office opened in 1925, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Foley (1905), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 412101 years
Founding year: the first McConnell post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about McConnell’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of McConnell are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of McConnell’s homes were built before 1956.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start McConnell’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how McConnell’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

McConnell, in brief

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

McConnell is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Logan County, West Virginia, United States, on the Guyandotte River. As of the 2020 census, its population was 412 (down from 514 at the 2010 census). It was established in 1933. The community was named after one Mr. McConnell, a railroad promoter.

Its first post office opened in 1925. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 514 to 412 (-20%).

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

Timeline

McConnell, 1905 to 1983

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1905Post officeThe Foley post office opens
  3. 1910Post officeThe Stollings post office opens
  4. 1916Post officeThe Foley post office closes
  5. 1925Post officeThe McConnell post office opens
  6. 1983Post officeThe McConnell post office closes
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your album
Famous people

Famous people close to McConnell

Nobody well known was born in McConnell itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

See all →
Joanne DruAmerican film and television actress · b. 1922
L
Lea Ann ParsleySkeleton racer · b. 1968
M
Michael AmmarMagician · b. 1956
Devil Anse HatfieldPatriarch of the Hatfield clan · b. 1839
Ted BelcherUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1924
Jack HarrisAmerican broadcaster · b. 1941
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

McConnell had its own post office from 1925 to 1983. Another post office, Foley, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Foley
1905–1916
Stollings
1910–today
McConnell
1925–1983
19001960today
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside McConnell
George F BrowningLogan Memorial

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

StollingsIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about McConnell’s history

What year was McConnell founded?

The McConnell post office opened in 1925, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

Town Square →
Start a conversation
Sources

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 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.