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Welcome to Cranberry Lake ...

Cranberry Lake is located in the Adirondacks.

Cranberry Lake is located in Saint Lawrence County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cranberry Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

A typical abbreviation for Cranberry Lake: Cranberry Lk.

Cranberry Lake is 1,480 feet [451 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Cranberry Lake: 315 & 680<3>

The ZIP code for Cranberry Lake: 12927<4>

Communities Also Named Cranberry Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Cranberry Lake - they are located in New Jersey and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Cranberry Lake ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cranberry Lake ...

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

Adding Cranberry Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cranberry Lake post office opened in 1891.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cranberry Lake.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Saint Lawrence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cranberry Lake - 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 315 code has been Overlayed with the 680 area code. New phone numbers in the Cranberry Lake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the Cranberry Lake area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Cranberry Lake). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Cranberry Lake or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<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/