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Welcome to McCord ...

McCord is primarily located in Lincoln County<1>. A portion of McCord extends into Oneida County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of McCord, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

McCord is 1,460 feet [445 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for McCord: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named McCord ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named McCord - they are located in Alaska, Missouri, Oklahoma and Saskatchewan.

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

Communities near McCord ...

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

  • Tomahawk
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
    • Tomahawk is located in Lincoln County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
  • Prentice
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentice
    • Prentice is located in Price County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
  • Jersey City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jersey City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey City
    • Jersey City is located in Lincoln County
  • Harshaw
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshaw
    • Harshaw is located in Oneida County
  • Irma
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irma
    • Irma is located in Lincoln County
  • Harrison
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
    • Harrison is located in Lincoln County
  • Hazelhurst
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelhurst
    • Hazelhurst is located in Oneida County
  • Worcester
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Worcester. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worcester
    • Worcester is located in Price County
  • Newbold
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newbold have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbold
    • Newbold is located in Oneida County
  • Jeffris
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jeffris have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffris
    • Jeffris is located in Lincoln County

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

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

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

Adding McCord to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of McCord 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 for McCord was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found McCord on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Wisconsin (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for McCord.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around McCord - 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 715 code has been Overlayed with the 534 area code. New phone numbers in the McCord area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the McCord area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.