McLean, Texas
| McLean, Texas | |
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 Location of McLean, Texas |
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| Coordinates: 35°14′2″N 100°36′0″W / 35.23389°N 100.60000°WCoordinates: 35°14′2″N 100°36′0″W / 35.23389°N 100.60000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Gray |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.2 sq mi (3.0 km2) |
| • Land | 1.2 sq mi (3.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 2,861 ft (872 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 778 |
| • Density | 672/sq mi (259.4/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 79057 |
| Area code(s) | 806 |
| FIPS code | 48-45780 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1362506 |
McLean is a town in Gray County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Pampa, Texas Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 778 as of the 2010 census.
McLean is located in southeastern Gray County at 35°14′2″N 100°36′0″W / 35.23389°N 100.60000°W (35.233836, -100.600055).Interstate 40 passes through the southern part of the town, leading east 185 miles (298 km) to Oklahoma City and west 74 miles (119 km) to Amarillo. Interstate 40 Business (Old U.S. 66) passes through the town as First Street (westbound) and Railroad Street (eastbound), connecting to I-40 at Exit 141 west of town and Exit 143 to the east. Texas State Highway 273 runs along the western edge of McLean, accessing I-40 at Exit 142 and running north then northwest 35 miles (56 km) to Pampa, the Gray County seat.
According to the United States Census Bureau, McLean has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.0 km2), all of it land.
In 1901, Alfred Rowe, an English rancher who later perished in the sinking of the Titanic, donated land near a railroad cattle loading stop for the establishment of a town site. The Choctaw, Oklahoma and Texas Railroad Company constructed a water well and a switch and section house there. The town was named for Judge William P. McLean (1836–1925) of the Texas Legislature and Railroad Commission. The town grew rapidly. By 1904 McLean had three general stores, a bank, two wagonyards and livery stables, a lumberyard, and a newspaper, the McLean News. A windmill pumped water from a well drilled in the middle of Main Street, and citizens hauled the water in barrels and buckets. The town was incorporated in 1909 with C. S. Rice as mayor and became a center for agriculture.
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