McColl

History

This area is within territory occupied by the Pee Dee of the South Appalachian Mississippian culture for several hundred years. Among their earthwork monuments is Town Creek Indian Mound, an important regional ceremonial site that was occupied from about 1150 to 1400 CE in Montgomery County, North Carolina, before they abandoned it for unknown reasons. It was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1966, the only American Indian site so honored in the state. In 2017, the Pee Dee Indian Tribe officially began work on the Pee Dee Tribal Mounds located on tribal land in McColl. In 2024 the town's mayor, George Garner II, died when his car collided with a truck while being pursued by a Marlboro Country police cruiser days after the entire McColl police force resigned. According to the coroner, the pursuit was "not related to any laws being broken, but rather an effort to protect the well being of Mr. Garner."

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  473
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  467
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  459
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  374
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  351
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  321
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  308
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  298

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2012-07-29
  7 km NNW of Wallace, South Carolina
• M 2.9 — 2011-03-21
  9 km S of Cordova, North Carolina
• M 3.7 — 2006-09-25
  7 km W of Rowland, North Carolina
• M 3.4 — 2006-09-22
  4 km WSW of Blenheim, South Carolina