McCarr

McCarr is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in rural northeastern , , United States, along the Tug Fork River across from .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Hamlet with 164 residents
  • Description: unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky
  • Also known as: “McCarr, Kentucky” and “McCarr, KY”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Matewan Historic District and Matewan High School.

Heritage site
Photo: FloNight, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The encompasses the town center of the rural coal mining community of . Matewan was the scene of the Battle of Matewan on May 19, 1920, during a coal miners' strike, an event which led to the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest insurrection ever associated with the labor movement in the United States, and was depicted in the film Matewan.

School
Magnolia was a public high school located in , . The school has been in a succession of four different buildings since 1914. is situated 2 miles north of McCarr.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blackberry City and Matewan.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is located on the and West Virginia Route 49, 0.75 miles south of .

Village
Photo: FloNight, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town in , , United States at the confluence of the Tug Fork River and . The population was 412 at the 2020 census, down from 499 in 2010.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States.

McCarr

Latitude
37.61094° or 37° 36′ 39″ north
Longitude
-82.16986° or 82° 10′ 12″ west
Population
164
Elevation
692 feet (211 metres)
Open location code
869VJR6J+93
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154015492
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
4300185
Wiki­data ID
Q6007943
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“McCarr” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “McCarr”
  • Chechen: “Маккарр”
  • Chinese: “麥卡爾”
  • French: “McCarr”
  • German: “McCarr”
  • Gilaki: “مک‌کار (کنتاکي)”
  • Gilaki: “مک‌کار”
  • Irish: “McCarr”
  • Ladin: “McCarr”
  • Persian: “مککار، کنتاکی”
  • Persian: “مککار”
  • Polish: “McCarr”
  • Serbian: “Макар”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “McCarr, Kentucky”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “McCarr”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مککار، کنتاکی”
  • Spanish: “McCarr”
  • Tatar: “Маккарр”
  • Ukrainian: “Маккарр”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Buskirk and North Matewan.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include McCarr Post Office and Faith Church.

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