Welcome to Craycraft ...
Craycraft is located in Adair County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Craycraft, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.
Craycraft is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Craycraft lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you travel east from Craycraft (for example, toward Science Hill), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).
Area Codes for Craycraft: 270 & 364<3>
Communities near Craycraft ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Craycraft.
- Campbellsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Columbia
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Russell Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greensburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greensburg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Greensburg is located in Green County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,057 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greensburg <4>
- Jamestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Purdy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Purdy have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Purdy is located in Adair County
- Ella
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Glens Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Montpelier
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sano
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sano. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sano
- Sano is located in Adair County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Sano
- From Craycraft to Sano
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 Craycraft. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Craycraft.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Craycraft. 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 Craycraft.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Craycraft. See our Newspapers Page for Craycraft.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Craycraft ...
Looking for more information about Craycraft? 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 Craycraft, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Craycraft.
Adding Craycraft to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Craycraft 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 Craycraft was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Craycraft post office opened in 1884.
We also found Craycraft in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Craycraft.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Adair, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Craycraft - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Craycraft area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Craycraft area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |