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Welcome to Croweburg ...

Croweburg is located in Crawford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Croweburg, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

Croweburg is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Croweburg: 620

Communities near Croweburg ...

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

  • Pittsburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Fort Scott
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Fort Scott is located in Bourbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Scott
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,648 people
    • Fort Scott has also been known as:
    • Fort Scott City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Scott <3>
  • Frontenac
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Girard
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Cherokee
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Liberal
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Liberal is located in Barton County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
  • Weir
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Weir is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
  • Mindenmines
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Arcadia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Arcadia is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
  • Bronaugh
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Bronaugh is located in Vernon County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronaugh
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 231 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 Croweburg. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Croweburg.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Croweburg ...

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

Adding Croweburg to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Croweburg post office opened in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Croweburg.

Footnotes ...

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