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Welcome to Crowville ...

Crowville is located in Franklin Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Crowville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

Crowville is 80 feet [24 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Crowville: 318 & 457<3>

The ZIP code for Crowville: 71230<4>

Communities Also Named Crowville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Crowville - it's located in Georgia.

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

Communities near Crowville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Crowville ...

Looking for more information about Crowville? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Crowville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Crowville.

Adding Crowville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Crowville 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 Crowville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Crowville post office opened in 1873.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crowville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Crowville - 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 Crowville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Crowville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Crowville). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Crowville or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/