Welcome to Crane ...

So far, we found very little information about Crane. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Crane to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Crane, please Contact Us.

Crane would have been located within present day Washington County<2>.

The location of Crane has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Crane, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1884.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Crane is 3,360 feet [1,024 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Crane is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Crane was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Crane (for example, toward Huntington (OR)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

Crane would have been located in the (208) and (986)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Crane ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Crane - they are located in Arizona, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Crane.

Communities near Crane ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Crane.

• Cambridge
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
  • Cambridge is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cambridge <6>
• Midvale
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midvale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
  • Midvale is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Midvale <6>
• Indian Valley
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
  • Indian Valley is located in Adams County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Indian Valley <6>
• Mesa
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mesa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa
  • Mesa is located in Adams County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mesa <6>
• Ola
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ola have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ola
  • Ola is located in Gem County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ola <6>
• Belvidere
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
  • Belvidere is located in Valley County
• Cascade
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cascade have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
  • Cascade is located in Valley County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,053 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cascade <6>
• Council
  (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Council have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
  • Council is located in Adams County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 924 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Council <6>
• Banks
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Banks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
  • Banks is located in Boise County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Banks <6>
• Brownlee
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownlee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
  • Brownlee is located in Boise County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Crane. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Crane.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Crane. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crane.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Crane. See our Newspapers Page for Crane.

Adding Crane to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Crane in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Crane was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Crane post office opened in 1884.

We also found Crane in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crane.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/