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Welcome to Crag ...

Crag is located in Maricopa County<1>.

Crag is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Crag lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Crag ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Crag - it's located in West Virginia.

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

Communities near Crag ...

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

  • Buckeye
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Harqua ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Harqua is located in Maricopa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harqua
  • Arlington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Wintersburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Wintersburg is located in Maricopa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersburg
  • Palo Verde
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Tonopah
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Tartesso
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Tartesso is located in Maricopa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tartesso
  • Liberty
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Liberty is located in Maricopa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • San Lucy Village
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • San Lucy Village is located in Maricopa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Lucy Village
  • Gila Bend
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Gila Bend is located in Maricopa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gila Bend
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,118 people
    • Former name for Gila Bend:
    • Gila
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gila Bend <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Crag ...

Looking for more information about Crag? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Crag, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Crag.

Adding Crag to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Crag 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 (so far) for Crag was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Arizona & New Mexico.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crag.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Maricopa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Crag - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.