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Welcome to McCredie ...

McCredie is located in Klickitat County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of McCredie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1926.

McCredie is 310 feet [94 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for McCredie: 509

Communities Also Named McCredie ...

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

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

Communities near McCredie ...

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

  • Boardman
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Arlington
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Roosevelt
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bluelight
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bluelight is located in Klickitat County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluelight
  • Dot
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Dot is located in Klickitat County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dot
  • Bickleton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Cleveland
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Cleveland is located in Klickitat County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
  • Paterson
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Ione
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Ione is located in Morrow County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <3>
  • Olex
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Olex is located in Gilliam County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olex

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for McCredie ...

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

Adding McCredie to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the McCredie post office opened in 1926. The McCredie post office closed in 1934.

For more details, see References and Mentions for McCredie.

Footnotes ...

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