On its age, its old homes and the National Register, McClellan Park is more historic than 83% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of McClellan Park’s overall grade.
Few California towns list much on the Register (a typical California town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so McClellan Park’s 289 sits above most of its state (100% of California towns have fewer) while its 43 historic buildings outnumber those of 84% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±10.1 points).
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about McClellan Park’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
On the map
McClellan Park on the map, 1902 to 1992
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of McClellan Park. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1902Fairoaks sheet · 1:62,500
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of McClellan Park.
The story so far
McClellan Park, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of McClellan Park yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
McClellan Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sacramento County, California, United States. McClellan Park sits at an elevation of 69 feet (21 m). The 2020 United States census reported that McClellan Park's population was 926. It is the site of the former McClellan Air Force Base, closed by the federal government in 2001. McClellan Air Force Base (currently McClellan Park) was named in honor of test pilot Hezekiah McClellan.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 743 to 926 (+25%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
McClellan Park, 1902 to 1949
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
McClellan Park is more historic than 83% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in McClellan Park?
One place: the Sacramento Air Depot Historic District (listed 1992).
How old are the homes in McClellan Park?
11% of McClellan Park’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±10.1 points), against a typical 3.4% for a California town; the median home was built in 1982.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
