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Welcome to McDonald ...

McDonald is located in Sherman County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of McDonald, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

McDonald is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: McDonald lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for McDonald: 541 & 458<3>

Communities Also Named McDonald ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 34 communities that are also named McDonald - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California, Florida, Georgia (2), Kansas, Louisiana, Manitoba, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri (2), Montana (2), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio (4), Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington (2) and Wyoming.

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

Communities near McDonald ...

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

  • Arlington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Wasco
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Moro
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Moro is located in Sherman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moro
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moro <4>
  • Rufus
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Emigrant Springs ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Emigrant Springs is located in Sherman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emigrant Springs
  • Klondike
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Klondike is located in Sherman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
  • Sinks ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Sinks is located in Sherman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinks
  • Monkland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Monkland is located in Sherman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkland
  • Olex
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Olex is located in Gilliam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olex
  • De Moss Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • De Moss Springs is located in Sherman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Moss Springs

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for McDonald ...

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

Adding McDonald to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the McDonald post office opened in 1904. The McDonald post office closed in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for McDonald.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Sherman, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around McDonald - 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 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the McDonald area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the McDonald 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/