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Welcome to McClung ...

So far, we found very little information about McClung. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added McClung to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with McClung, please Contact Us.

McClung would have been located within present day Greenbrier County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of McClung, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

While the community is gone, the present day location for McClung is 2,970 feet [905 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of McClung is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where McClung was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where McClung was located: 304 & 681<4>

Communities Also Named McClung ...

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

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

Communities near McClung ...

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

  • Summersville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Richwood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rainelle
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Rupert
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Meadow Bridge
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Meadow Bridge is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bridge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
  • Thurmond
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Peaser Junction ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Peaser Junction is located in Nicholas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaser Junction
  • Brushy Junction ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Brushy Junction is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Junction
  • Carl
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Carl is located in Nicholas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
  • Maywood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Maywood is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood

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

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

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

Adding McClung to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of McClung in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for McClung was on a map titled Map of West Virginia (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for McClung.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about McClung, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Greenbrier, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around McClung - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the McClung area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the McClung area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
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