McClurg is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in extreme northeastern Taney County

Taney County, Missouri

Taney County is a county located in Southwest Missouri in the United States. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the county's population was 39,703. In the 2010 census the counties population was 51,675 Its county seat is Forsyth....

, Missouri

Missouri

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, United States

United States

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. It is located on Missouri Supplemental Route

Missouri Supplemental Route

A supplemental route is a state secondary road in the U.S. state of Missouri, designated with letters. Supplemental routes were various roads within the state which the Missouri Department of Transportation was given in 1952 to maintain in addition to the regular routes...

 W about three miles (5 km) east of Brownbranch

Brownbranch, Missouri

Brownbranch is an unincorporated community in northeastern Taney County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Route 76 about seventeen miles northeast of Forsyth....

 or twenty miles (32 km) northeast of Forsyth

Forsyth, Missouri

Forsyth is a city in Taney County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,686 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Taney County. The town is part of the Branson, Missouri Micropolitan Statistical Area-Geography:...

. The community was founded in 1872, and is named after Missouri

Missouri

Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

 governor Joseph Washington McClurg

Joseph W. McClurg

Joseph Washington McClurg was the 19th Governor of Missouri in the decade following the American Civil War. His stepfather was William Murphy.-Biography:...

 (1818–1900), who served from 1869 to 1871.

McClurg is sparsely populated, consisting mostly of farmland and a few scattered owners. It is, however, located next to a portion of Mark Twain National Forest

Mark Twain National Forest

Mark Twain National Forest is a U.S. National Forest located in the southern half of Missouri. MTNF was established on September 11, 1939. It is named for author Mark Twain, a Missouri native. The MTNF covers approximately 1.5 million acres , 78,000 acres of which are Wilderness, and National...

, and the Glade Top Trail National Scenic Byway, which attracts an amount of local visitors.

McClurg is part of the Branson, Missouri

Branson, Missouri

Branson is a city in Taney County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It was named after Reuben Branson, postmaster and operator of a general store in the area in the 1880s....

 Micropolitan Statistical Area

Branson micropolitan area

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