Welcome to Cleghorn ...

Cleghorn is located in Eau Claire County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cleghorn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Cleghorn is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Cleghorn: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Cleghorn ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Cleghorn - they are located in Iowa and Massachusetts.

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

Communities near Cleghorn ...

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

• Eau Claire
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Eau Claire is located in Eau Claire County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Claire
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 69,087 people
• Chippewa Falls
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Chippewa Falls is located in Chippewa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Falls
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,407 people
• Altoona
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Altoona is located in Eau Claire County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,062 people
• Lake Hallie
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Lake Hallie is located in Chippewa County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,779 people
• Mondovi
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mondovi is located in Buffalo County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,562 people
• Osseo
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Osseo is located in Trempealeau County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,671 people
• Augusta
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Augusta is located in Eau Claire County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,517 people
• Fall Creek
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Fall Creek is located in Eau Claire County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
• Strum
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Strum is located in Trempealeau County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
• Elk Mound
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Elk Mound is located in Dunn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mound
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 884 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 Cleghorn. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cleghorn.

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

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

Adding Cleghorn to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cleghorn post office opened in 1900. The Cleghorn post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cleghorn.