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Welcome to Crum ...

Crum is located in Lewis County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Crum, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Crum is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Crum and travel south, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Crum: 606

Communities Also Named Crum ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Crum - they are located in New York, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Crum ...

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

  • Morehead
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Flemingsburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Manchester
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Olive Hill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Vanceburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Rome
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Rome is located in Adams County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
  • Concord
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Concord is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
  • Ryan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Ryan is located in Fleming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
  • Burtonville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Burtonville is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonville
  • Charters
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Charters is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charters

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Crum ...

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

Adding Crum to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Crum post office opened in 1882. The Crum post office closed in 1925.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crum.

Footnotes ...

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