Welcome to McKinley ...

McKinley is located in Converse County<1>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of McKinley, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1908.

McKinley is 4,650 feet [1,417 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of McKinley is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: McKinley lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The area code for McKinley: (307)

Communities Also Named McKinley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named McKinley - they are located in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee (2), Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near McKinley ...

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

• Douglas
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
  • Douglas is located in Converse County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,375 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Douglas <4>
• Glendo
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendo
  • Glendo is located in Platte County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glendo <4>
• Lost Springs
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Springs
  • Lost Springs is located in Converse County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lost Springs <4>
• Shawnee
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
  • Shawnee is located in Converse County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shawnee <4>
• Esterbrook
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esterbrook
  • Esterbrook is located in Converse County
• Keeline
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeline
  • Keeline is located in Niobrara County
• Binford
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binford
  • Binford is located in Albany County
• Wendover ‑ Historic
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wendover have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendover
  • Wendover is located in Platte County
• Manville
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manville
  • Manville is located in Niobrara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manville <4>
• Hartville
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartville
  • Hartville is located in Platte County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hartville <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 McKinley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for McKinley.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for McKinley ...

Looking for more information about McKinley? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to McKinley, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for McKinley.

Adding McKinley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of McKinley 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 McKinley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the McKinley post office opened in 1908.

We also found McKinley on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Wyoming (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for McKinley.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Converse County: www.conversecounty.org/

The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.gov/