| Official Name: | McQuady, Kentucky |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Kentucky#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | McQuady |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kentucky |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Breckinridge |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 676 |
| Coordinates: | 37.7083°N -86.5189°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 40153 |
| Area Code: | 270 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 497945 |
McQuady is an unincorporated community in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, United States. McQuady is located at the junction of Kentucky Route 105 and Kentucky Route 261, 5.9miles south-southwest of Hardinsburg.[1] McQuady has a post office with ZIP code 40153.[2] [3]
Its original name was "Jolly Station", for Nelson Jolly, a local landowner. It was named for the town's first postmaster, Anne McQuady.[4]
A line of the Louisville, Hardinsburg, & Western Railroad running through the town was completed in 1890. It eventually became a branch of the Louisville, Henderson, & St. Louis Railroad.[5]
Soon after the completion of the railroad through town, Baptist residents founded Corinth Baptist church.[6]
In 1910, St. Mary of the Woods Roman Catholic church was moved into town. The church operated a high school from 1922 to 1932 and an elementary school from 1922 to 1967. The schools were staffed by Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine.[7]