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Welcome to McLain ...

McLain is located in Muskogee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of McLain, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

McLain is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for McLain: 918 & 539<3>

Communities Also Named McLain ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named McLain - they are located in Kansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.

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

Communities near McLain ...

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

  • Muskogee
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Fort Gibson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Checotah
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Warner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Vian
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Vian is located in Sequoyah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vian
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vian <4>
  • Gore
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Gore is located in Sequoyah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gore <4>
  • Okay
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Okay is located in Wagoner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okay
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 712 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Okay <4>
  • Porum
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Webbers Falls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Oktaha
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for McLain ...

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

Adding McLain to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the McLain post office opened in 1894. The McLain post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for McLain.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Muskogee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around McLain - 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 918 code has been Overlayed with the 539 area code. New phone numbers in the McLain area will be assigned with one of these codes: 918 or 539. As a result, placing a call in the McLain 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.
<5>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/