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Welcome to McCol Place ...

McCol Place is located in Washington County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for McCol Place: McCol Pl. (or less commonly used: McCol Plc.)

McCol Place is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel south from McCol Place (for example, toward Irvington (KY)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for McCol Place: 812 & 930<3>

Communities near McCol Place ...

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

  • Scottsburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Austin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Paoli
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Brownstown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Orleans
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Crothersville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • New Pekin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • New Pekin is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pekin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,392 people
  • Greenville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Palmyra
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Borden
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for McCol Place ...

Looking for more information about McCol Place? 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 McCol Place, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for McCol Place.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around McCol Place - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 812 code has been Overlayed with the 930 area code. New phone numbers in the McCol Place area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the McCol Place area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.