Welcome to Craigville ...

Craigville is located on Cape Cod.

Craigville is located in Barnstable County<1>.

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

Craigville is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Codes for Craigville: 508 & 774<3>

Communities Also Named Craigville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Craigville - they are located in Indiana, Minnesota, New Brunswick and New York.

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

Communities near Craigville ...

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

• Barnstable
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Barnstable is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnstable
  • Population from the 2010 Census: 45,193 people
  • Barnstable has also been known as:
  • Barnstable Village
• Barnstable Town
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Barnstable Town is located in Barnstable County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,535 people
• Falmouth
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Falmouth is located in Barnstable County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,107 people
• Yarmouth
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,166 people
• Sandwich
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Sandwich is located in Barnstable County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,151 people
• Bourne
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Bourne is located in Barnstable County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,743 people
• Mashpee
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Mashpee is located in Barnstable County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,266 people
• Dennis
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Dennis is located in Barnstable County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,890 people
• Harwich
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Harwich is located in Barnstable County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,144 people
• Brewster
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Brewster is located in Barnstable County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,772 people

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

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

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

Adding Craigville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Craigville post office opened in 1882. The Craigville post office closed in 1966.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Craigville.