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Welcome to Craven ...

Craven is located in Rowan County<1>.

The pronunciation of Craven: KRA-ven<2>

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

Craven is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Craven: 704 & 980<4>

Communities Also Named Craven ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Craven - they are located in Saskatchewan and South Dakota.

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

Websites for Craven ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.rowanchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Craven, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Craven ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Craven ...

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

Adding Craven to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Craven post office opened in 1882. The Craven post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Craven.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Rowan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Craven. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Craven - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 704 code has been Overlayed with the 980 area code. New phone numbers in the Craven area will be assigned with one of these codes: 704 or 980. As a result, placing a call in the Craven area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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/