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Welcome to Crocus ...

Crocus is primarily located in Adair County<1>. A portion of Crocus extends into Russell County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Crocus, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

Crocus is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Crocus: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Crocus ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Crocus - they are located in Manitoba and North Dakota.

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

Communities near Crocus ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Crocus ...

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

Adding Crocus to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Crocus post office opened in 1885. The Crocus post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crocus.

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 Crocus - 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 Crocus area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Crocus 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>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/