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Welcome to McClanahan ...

McClanahan is located

McClanahan is located in Falls County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of McClanahan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

McClanahan is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for McClanahan: 254

Communities Also Named McClanahan ...

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

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

Communities near McClanahan ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for McClanahan ...

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

Adding McClanahan to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the McClanahan post office opened in 1887. The McClanahan post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for McClanahan.

Footnotes ...

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