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Welcome to Medill ...

Medill is located

Medill is located in Lamar County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Medill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Medill is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Medill: 903 & 430<3>

Communities Also Named Medill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Medill - they are located in Missouri and Ohio.

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

Communities near Medill ...

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

  • Paris
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hugo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Hugo is located in Choctaw County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,070 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hugo <4>
  • Reno
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Reno is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,349 people
  • Blossom
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Detroit
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Deport
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Fort Towson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Sawyer
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Sawyer is located in Choctaw County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sawyer <4>
  • Swink
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Sun Valley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Sun Valley is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Medill ...

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

Adding Medill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Medill 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 Medill was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Medill.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Lamar, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Medill - 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 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Medill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Medill 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.