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Welcome to Clough ...

Clough is located in Meade County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Clough, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909.

Clough is 2,750 feet [838 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Clough is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Clough lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Clough (for example, toward Red Scaffold), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Clough: 605

Communities Also Named Clough ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Clough - it's located in Alabama.

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

Communities near Clough ...

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

  • White Owl
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Fairpoint
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Fairpoint is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairpoint
  • Union Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Enning
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Red Owl
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Red Owl is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Owl
  • Elm Springs
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Viewfield
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Viewfield is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viewfield
    • Estimated population in 2014: 44 people
  • Bend
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Bend is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bend
  • Marcus
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Opal
    (27 miles [43.5 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 Clough. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Clough.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Clough ...

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

Adding Clough to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Clough in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Clough was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Clough post office opened in 1909. The Clough post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Clough.

Footnotes ...

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