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Welcome to McCloy ...

So far, we found very little information about McCloy. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added McCloy to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with McCloy, please Contact Us.


McCloy would have been located within present day Sac County<2>.


The location of McCloy has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of McCloy, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

While the community is gone, the present day location for McCloy is 1,240 feet [378 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where McCloy was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where McCloy once stood is in the (712) area code.

Communities near McCloy ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near McCloy.

  • Carroll
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Denison
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Denison have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denison
    • Denison is located in Crawford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,249 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denison <5>
  • Ida Grove
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ida Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Grove
    • Ida Grove is located in Ida County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,037 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ida Grove <5>
  • Sac City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Lake View
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Odebolt
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odebolt
    • Odebolt is located in Sac County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
  • Schleswig
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schleswig have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schleswig
    • Schleswig is located in Crawford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 857 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Schleswig <5>
  • Wall Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wall Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Lake
    • Wall Lake is located in Sac County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 753 people
  • Schaller
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Arcadia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arcadia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
    • Arcadia is located in Carroll County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around McCloy. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for McCloy.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of McCloy. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around McCloy.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around McCloy. See our Newspapers Page for McCloy.

Adding McCloy to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of McCloy in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for McCloy was on a map titled Map of Iowa (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for McCloy.

The official website for Sac County: www.saccounty.org/

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about McCloy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Sac, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around McCloy - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.









 

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