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Welcome to Crews ...

Crews is located in Winn Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Crews, you might consider that their post office opened in 1914.

Crews is 170 feet [52 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Crews: 318 & 457<3>

Communities Also Named Crews ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Crews - they are located in Alabama, Colorado, Mississippi and Texas (2).

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

Communities near Crews ...

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

  • Natchitoches
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Colfax
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Campti
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Campti is located in Natchitoches Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campti
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,033 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Campti <4>
  • Montgomery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Provencal
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Natchez
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Clarence
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Calvin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Atlanta
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Powhatan
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Crews ...

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

Adding Crews to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Crews 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 Crews was on a map titled Map of Louisiana (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crews.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Winn, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Crews - 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 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Crews area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Crews 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.