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, 5.9 miles south-southwest of Hardinsburg. McQuady has a post office with ZIP code 40153.Its original name was "Jolly Station", for Nelson Jolly, a local landowner. It was named for the town's first postmaster, Anne McQuady. A line of the Louisville, Hardinsburg,& Western Railroad running through the town was completed in 1890.