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Welcome to Crocker ...

Crocker is located in Porter County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Crocker, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1894.

Crocker is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Crocker (for example, toward New Carlisle), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Crocker: 219

Communities Also Named Crocker ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Crocker - they are located in Arkansas, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, South Dakota and Washington.

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

Communities near Crocker ...

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

  • Hammond
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Gary
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
    • Gary is located in Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 74,693 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gary <3>
  • Portage
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Merrillville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Valparaiso
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Michigan City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Crown Point
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Schererville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schererville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schererville
    • Schererville is located in Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,593 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Schererville <3>
  • Hobart
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • East Chicago
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Chicago. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Chicago
    • East Chicago is located in Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,742 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Chicago <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 Crocker. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Crocker.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Crocker ...

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

Adding Crocker to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Crocker 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 Crocker was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Crocker post office opened in 1894.

We also found Crocker on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crocker.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Porter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Crocker - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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