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Welcome to Cragin ...

Cragin is located in Cook County<1>.

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

Cragin is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Cragin lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Cragin ...

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

  • Chicago
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cicero
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Arlington Heights
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Evanston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Schaumburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Palatine
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Skokie
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Des Plaines
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Oak Lawn
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Berwyn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Berwyn is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,701 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 Cragin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cragin.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cragin ...

Looking for more information about Cragin? 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 Cragin, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cragin.

Adding Cragin to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cragin 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 Cragin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Cragin post office opened in 1882. The Cragin post office closed in 1894.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cragin.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Cook, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cragin - 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.
<4>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/