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Welcome to Crutchfield ...

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

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


Crutchfield would have been located within present day Jones County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Crutchfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Crutchfield is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Code where Crutchfield was located: 478

Communities Also Named Crutchfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Crutchfield - they are located in Kentucky and North Carolina.

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

Communities near Crutchfield ...

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

  • Brookhaven
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Brookhaven is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
    • Estimated population in 2019: 55,554 people
  • Belvedere Manor
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Belvedere Manor is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere Manor
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 15,152 people
  • Jones Acres
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jones Acres is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Acres
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,962 people
  • Forsyth
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Gray
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Gray is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,241 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gray <4>
  • Monticello
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Flovilla
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Morton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Morton is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
    • Estimated population in 2019: 549 people
  • Mogul
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Mogul is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogul
    • Estimated population in 2019: 400 people
  • Pitts
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pitts is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitts
    • Estimated population in 2019: 293 people

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

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

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

Adding Crutchfield to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Crutchfield 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 (so far) for Crutchfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Crutchfield post office opened in 1897. The Crutchfield post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crutchfield.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Crutchfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Jones, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Crutchfield - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/