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Welcome to Barclay ...

Barclay is located in Osage County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Barclay, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

Barclay is 1,200 feet [366 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Barclay lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Barclay: 785

Communities Also Named Barclay ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Barclay - they are located in Alabama, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Ontario (3), Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Barclay ...

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

  • Osage City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Carbondale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Carbondale is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,347 people
  • Lyndon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Burlingame
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Lebo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Scranton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Waverly
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Quenemo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Melvern
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Melvern is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvern
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 368 people
    • Melvern has also been known as:
    • Melvin
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Melvern <3>
  • Hartford
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Barclay ...

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

Adding Barclay to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Barclay 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 Barclay was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Barclay post office opened in 1873. The Barclay post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Barclay.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Osage, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Barclay - 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/