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Welcome to Crown ...

Crown is located in Isanti County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Crown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Crown is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Crown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Crown - they are located in Arkansas, California, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Crown ...

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

  • Andover
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Ramsey
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Elk River
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Champlin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Otsego
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Anoka
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Ham Lake
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Monticello
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Rogers
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Rogers is located in Hennepin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,623 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogers <3>
  • East Bethel
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Crown ...

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

Adding Crown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Crown post office opened in 1890. The Crown post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crown.

Footnotes ...

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