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Welcome to Crossenville ...

Crossenville is located in Perry County<1>.

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

Crossenville is 1,000 feet [305 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Crossenville: 740 & 220<3>

Communities near Crossenville ...

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

  • Lancaster
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Logan
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Logan is located in Hocking County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,933 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Logan <4>
  • Nelsonville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • New Lexington
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Baltimore
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Buckeye Lake
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Crooksville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Roseville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Glouster
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Somerset
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Crossenville ...

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

Adding Crossenville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Crossenville 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 Crossenville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Crossenville post office opened in 1882. The Crossenville post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crossenville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Perry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Crossenville - 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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Crossenville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Crossenville 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>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/