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Welcome to Critzer ...

Critzer is located in Linn County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Critzer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Critzer is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Critzer: 913

Communities near Critzer ...

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

  • Pleasanton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • La Cygne
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Linn Valley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Mound City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Hume
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Hume is located in Bates County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
  • Bronson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Greeley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Prescott
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Blue Mound
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Parker
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Parker is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 262 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 Critzer. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Critzer.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Critzer ...

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

Adding Critzer to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Critzer post office opened in 1890. The Critzer post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Critzer.

Footnotes ...

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