Do you know of Craig ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Craig. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Craig.
Our sources for Craig (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Craig other than they indicate that Craig would be found somewhere in Switzerland County, Indiana.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1849 and closed in 1907.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Craig ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Craig.
There is one other community in Indiana which is also named Craig.
Beyond Indiana, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 27 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Indiana ...
- Decatur County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Craig [Decatur County].
- Decatur County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Blount County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Craig [Blount County].
- Alaska
- Please visit our profile page for the Alaska community of Craig.
- Arizona
- Yavapai County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Craig [Yavapai County].
- California
- Colorado
- Moffat County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Craig [Moffat County].
- Florida
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Craig [Monroe County].
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Plymouth County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Craig [Plymouth County].
- Kansas
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Humphreys County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Craig [Humphreys County].
- Yazoo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Craig [Yazoo County].
- Missouri
- Holt County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Craig [Holt County].
- Montana
- Lewis and Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Craig [Lewis and Clark County].
- Nebraska
- Burt County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Craig [Burt County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Craig.
- New Mexico
- Socorro County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Craig [Socorro County].
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Guernsey County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Craig [Guernsey County].
- Oklahoma
- McCurtain County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Craig [McCurtain County].
- Pittsburg County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Craig [Pittsburg County].
- Pennsylvania
- Lackawanna County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Craig [Lackawanna County].
- Texas
- Rusk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Craig [Rusk County].
- Virginia
- Henry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Craig [Henry County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Craig ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Craig:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Craig - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)
More Orphans in Switzerland County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Switzerland County.
| Centre Square | Log Lick |
| Grants Creek | New York |
| Jay | Slawson |
| Jersey | Sugar Branch |
| Lake Geneva | Vineyard |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Craig could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |