McClure is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Dickenson County,
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...
, United States. McClure is located along the
McClure River and
Virginia State Route 63, southeast of
Clintwood. McClure had a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
from 1919 until it closed on July 6, 2011; it still has its own
ZIP code, 24269.
Legend has it McClure was named for a pioneer settler who was killed by Indians.
References
Unincorporated communities in Dickenson County, Virginia
Unincorporated communities in Virginia
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