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Welcome to Crittenden ...

Crittenden is located in Erie County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Crittenden, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1851.

Crittenden is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Crittenden: 716 & 624<3>

Communities Also Named Crittenden ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New York communities named Crittenden: This one is located in Erie County and the other is located in Monroe County.

Beyond New York, there are 12 communities that are also named Crittenden - they are located in Arizona (2), Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Missouri (3) and Virginia.

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

Communities near Crittenden ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Crittenden ...

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

Adding Crittenden to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Crittenden post office opened in 1851.

We also found Crittenden in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crittenden.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Erie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Crittenden - 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 716 code has been Overlayed with the 624 area code. New phone numbers in the Crittenden area will be assigned with one of these codes: 716 or 624. As a result, placing a call in the Crittenden 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/