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Welcome to Cranbury Station ...

Cranbury Station is located in Middlesex County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cranbury Station, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

A typical abbreviation for Cranbury Station: Cranbury Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Cranbury Station is 120 feet [37 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Cranbury Station ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cranbury Station ...

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

Adding Cranbury Station to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cranbury Station post office opened in 1873. The Cranbury Station post office closed in 1948.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cranbury Station.

Footnotes ...

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