Welcome to Crane ...

Crane is located in Richland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Crane, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1950.

Crane is 1,940 feet [591 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Crane lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Crane and travel east, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

The telephone area code for Crane: (406)

The ZIP code for Crane: 59217<3>

Communities Also Named Crane ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Crane - they are located in Arizona, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Crane ...

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

• Sidney
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
  • Sidney is located in Richland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,297 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sidney <4>
• Knife River
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knife River have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knife River
  • Knife River is located in Richland County
• Savage
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
  • Savage is located in Richland County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Savage <4>
• Fox Lake
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
  • Fox Lake is located in Richland County
• Lambert
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
  • Lambert is located in Richland County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lambert <4>
• Fairview
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairview have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
  • Fairview is located in Richland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 882 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairview <4>
• Harding
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
  • Harding is located in McKenzie County (ND)
• Cartwright
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
  • Cartwright is located in McKenzie County (ND)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cartwright <4>
• Enid
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enid
  • Enid is located in Richland County
• Dore
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dore
  • Dore is located in McKenzie County (ND)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Crane ...

Looking for more information about Crane? 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 Crane, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Crane.

Adding Crane to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Crane 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 for Crane was on a map titled Map of Montana (from Hixson Map&$160;Co, 1950).

We also found Crane on a map titled Shell Oil Map of Montana (1951).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crane.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Crane. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Richland County: www.richland.org/

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/