McLain, Kansas | |
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1915 Railroad Map of Harvey County | |
Coordinates: 37°59′58″N97°15′47″W / 37.99944°N 97.26306°W Coordinates: 37°59′58″N97°15′47″W / 37.99944°N 97.26306°W [1] | |
Country | United States |
State | Kansas |
County | Harvey |
Elevation | 1,509 ft (460 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 67114 |
Area code | 316 |
FIPS code | 20-43897 [1] |
GNIS ID | 484650 [1] |
McLain is an unincorporated community in Harvey County, Kansas, United States. [1] Various maps and documents have listed the name as McLain, McLains, McLain's, and McClain. The community is located along the Missouri Pacific Railroad line between Newton and Whitewater, but the track was abandoned in 2003. [2]
McLain had a post office from 1886 until 1906. [3]
The community is served by Newton USD 373 public school district.
Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is Marion and its most populous city is Hillsboro. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 12,660. The county was named in honor of Francis Marion, a Brigadier General of the American Revolutionary War, known as the "Swamp Fox".
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