Welcome to Crown Center ...

Crown Center is located in Morgan County<1>.

The location of Crown Center has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Crown Center, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1891.

A typical abbreviation for Crown Center: Crown Ctr. (or less commonly used: Crown Cen., Crown Cent. or Crown Cntr.)

Crown Center is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Crown Center lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Crown Center (for example, toward Vermilion (IL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Communities near Crown Center ...

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

• Plainfield
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
  • Plainfield is located in Hendricks County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,275 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plainfield <4>
• Avon
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
  • Avon is located in Hendricks County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,361 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <4>
• Martinsville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
  • Martinsville is located in Morgan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,810 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Martinsville <4>
• Greencastle
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
  • Greencastle is located in Putnam County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,338 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greencastle <4>
• Danville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
  • Danville is located in Hendricks County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,241 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danville <4>
• Mooresville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresville
  • Mooresville is located in Morgan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,863 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mooresville <4>
• Brooklyn
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brooklyn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
  • Brooklyn is located in Morgan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,472 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brooklyn <4>
• Cloverdale
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Cloverdale is located in Putnam County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,128 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cloverdale <4>
• Monrovia
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monrovia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
  • Monrovia is located in Morgan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,670 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monrovia <4>
• Clayton
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clayton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
  • Clayton is located in Hendricks County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,032 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clayton <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Crown Center ...

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

Adding Crown Center to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Crown Center 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 Crown Center was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Crown Center post office opened in 1891.

We also found Crown Center in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crown Center.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Crown Center. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Morgan County: www.morgancounty-il.com/

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov