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Welcome to McNatts ...

McNatts is located in Wells County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of McNatts, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

McNatts is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for McNatts: 260

Communities Also Named McNatts ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named McNatts - it's located in North Carolina.

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

Communities near McNatts ...

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

  • Marion
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Huntington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Bluffton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Gas City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hartford City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Upland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairmount
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Dunkirk
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Eaton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Eaton is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,726 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eaton <3>
  • Montpelier
    (7 miles [11.3 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 McNatts. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for McNatts.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for McNatts ...

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

Adding McNatts to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of McNatts 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 (so far) for McNatts was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the McNatts post office opened in 1890. The McNatts post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for McNatts.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Wells, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around McNatts - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/