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Welcome to Crook ...

Crook is located in Osage County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Crook, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Crook is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Crook: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Crook ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Crook - they are located in Colorado, Kansas, Oregon and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Crook ...

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

  • Holts Summit
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Linn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Linn is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Linn <4>
  • Belle
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Taos
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Taos is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
  • Bland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Bland is located in Gasconade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bland <4>
  • Freeburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Freeburg is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
  • Chamois
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Westphalia
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake Mykee Town
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Mykee Town is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mykee Town
    • Estimated population in 2018: 351 people
  • Gasconade
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Gasconade is located in Gasconade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasconade
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 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 Crook. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Crook.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Crook ...

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

Adding Crook to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Crook 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 Crook was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Crook post office opened in 1903. The Crook post office closed in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crook.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Osage, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Crook - 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 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Crook area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Crook 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.
<5>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/