Welcome to Crow Island ...

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

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

Crow Island would have been located within present day Saginaw County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Crow Island, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1882.

A typical abbreviation for Crow Island: Crow Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Crow Island is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Crow Island was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Crow Island would have been located in the (989) area code.

Communities near Crow Island ...

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

• Saginaw
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
  • Saginaw is located in Saginaw County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 47,823 people
  • Former names for Saginaw:
  • East Saginaw
  • Saginaw City
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saginaw <5>
• Midland
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
  • Midland is located in Midland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,769 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Midland <5>
• Bay City
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
  • Bay City is located in Bay County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,435 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay City <5>
• Frankenmuth
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankenmuth
  • Frankenmuth is located in Saginaw County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,655 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frankenmuth <5>
• Essexville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Essexville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essexville
  • Essexville is located in Bay County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Essexville <5>
• Vassar
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vassar
  • Vassar is located in Tuscola County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,536 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vassar <5>
• Auburn
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
  • Auburn is located in Bay County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,069 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Auburn <5>
• Saint Charles
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Charles have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
  • Saint Charles is located in Saginaw County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,886 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Charles <5>
• Birch Run
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Run
  • Birch Run is located in Saginaw County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,469 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Birch Run <5>
• Reese
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reese have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese
  • Reese is located in Saginaw County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,366 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reese <5>

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 Crow Island. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Crow Island.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Crow Island. 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 Crow Island.

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

Adding Crow Island to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Crow Island in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Crow Island was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Crow Island post office opened in 1882.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crow Island.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Saginaw County: www.saginawcounty.com/

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/