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Welcome to Plankton ...

Plankton is located in Crawford County<1>.

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

Plankton is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Plankton: 419 & 567<3>

Communities near Plankton ...

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

  • Tiffin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Bucyrus
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Upper Sandusky
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
  • Carey
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Carey is located in Wyandot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,540 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carey <4>
  • New Washington
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Bloomville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Attica
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Sycamore
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
  • Nevada
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Republic
    (12 miles [19.3 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 Plankton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Plankton.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Plankton ...

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

Adding Plankton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Plankton post office opened in 1891. The Plankton post office closed in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Plankton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Crawford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Plankton - 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 419 code has been Overlayed with the 567 area code. New phone numbers in the Plankton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 419 or 567. As a result, placing a call in the Plankton 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/