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Welcome to McLallen Corners ...

McLallen Corners is located in Erie County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of McLallen Corners, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

A typical abbreviation for McLallen Corners: Mclallen Cors.

McLallen Corners is 1,210 feet [369 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for McLallen Corners: 814 & 582<3>

Communities near McLallen Corners ...

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

  • Erie
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Erie is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,077 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erie <4>
  • Meadville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Edinboro
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Union City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Wesleyville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Girard
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Girard is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,897 people
  • Lake City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake City is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,836 people
  • Cambridge Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Borough of Fairview
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Waterford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for McLallen Corners ...

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

Adding McLallen Corners to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the McLallen Corners post office opened in 1891. The McLallen Corners post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for McLallen Corners.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Erie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around McLallen Corners - 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 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the McLallen Corners area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the McLallen Corners 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/