| Official Name: | McCrary, Mississippi |
| Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | McCrary |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Mississippi |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lowndes |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 276 |
| Coordinates: | 33.4639°N -88.2836°W |
| Area Code: | 662 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 673319 |
McCrary is an unincorporated community in Lowndes County, Mississippi.McCrary is located southeast of Columbus and northeast of New Hope on the Mississippi/Alabama state line.
McCrary is located on the former Mobile and Ohio Railroad and had a freight and passenger station.[1] [2] The community was once home to a cotton gin and sawmill.[3]
A post office operated under the name McCrary from 1898 to 1910.[4]
Roland McMillan Harper passed through McCrary while documenting the plant life of Mississippi.[5]
It has been postulated that Hernando de Soto crossed into Mississippi from Alabama at McCrary.[6]