Electricity Rates in Mc Clure, OH

History of Mc Clure

McClure was laid out in the late 1870s, and named after John McClure, an original owner of the town site.In the 1960s and the first half of the 1970s, McClure had the distinction of being the last place in Ohio with a manual telephone system. Since the installation of the first telephone system in the 1890s, by The Ohio Bell Telephone Co., residents used the same method to signal their town's operator; they turned a crank on their phone. The operator in most cases knew their voice or knew the person being called.When Ohio Bell refused to run lines to McClure's rural residents, they formed a separate company, with volunteer labor used to build lines connecting the residents. The new company in 1908 bought the Bell equipment, and in 1909 changed its name to the Citizens Mutual Telephone Co. Long Distance calls were routed via Bell System equipment in Napoleon to the toll center in Maumee, and onward.In the 1940s, the company opened a five-circuit toll line to Bowling Green, replacing the two-line circuit to Napoleon for long distance traffic. In the 1960s, realizing the need to modernize, the Citizens board began to consider selling the company. In February 1968, members of the Citizens Mutual Co. circulated a ballot asking members if they wished to modernize their system. In late 1969, the Citizen's Mutual board voted to be acquired by Otto Miller of Liberty Center.

Mc Clure by the Numbers

Population

1,501

Median Age

36.5 yrs

Median Household Income

$83,191/yr

Median Home Value

$157,100

Homeownership Rate

81%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)