Welcome to McLean ...

McLean is located in Tompkins County<1>.

The location of McLean has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of McLean, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1826.

McLean is 1,120 feet [341 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: McLean lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The area code for McLean: (607)

Websites for McLean ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.tccofc.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to McLean, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named McLean ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named McLean - they are located in Arkansas, Illinois, Manitoba, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for McLean.

Communities near McLean ...

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

• Ithaca
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
  • Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,981 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ithaca <4>
• Cortland
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
  • Cortland is located in Cortland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,455 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cortland <4>
• Lansing
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lansing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
  • Lansing is located in Tompkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,866 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansing <4>
• Cayuga Heights
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cayuga Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
  • Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
• Homer
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
  • Homer is located in Cortland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,080 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <4>
• Groton
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton
  • Groton is located in Tompkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,156 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Groton <4>
• Dryden
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dryden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
  • Dryden is located in Tompkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,996 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dryden <4>
• Trumansburg
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trumansburg
  • Trumansburg is located in Tompkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,669 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trumansburg <4>
• Moravia
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia
  • Moravia is located in Cayuga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,198 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moravia <4>
• McGraw
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McGraw have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGraw
  • McGraw is located in Cortland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 968 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McGraw <4>

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 McLean. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for McLean.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of McLean. 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 McLean.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for McLean ...

Looking for more information about McLean? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for McLean, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for McLean.

Adding McLean to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of McLean in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for McLean was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the McLean post office opened in 1826.

We also found McLean in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for McLean.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for McLean. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Tompkins County: www.co.tompkins.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/