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Welcome to Crooks ...

Crooks is located in Union County<1>.

Crooks is 3,150 feet [960 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Crooks is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Crooks lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Crooks, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Codes for Crooks: 541 & 458<3>

Communities Also Named Crooks ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Crooks - they are located in Iowa, Kentucky, Ontario and South Dakota.

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

Communities near Crooks ...

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

  • La Grande
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Union
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Island City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Island City is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,024 people
  • Cove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • North Powder
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Haines
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Hot Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Hot Lake is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Lake
  • Hutchinson ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hutchinson is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchinson
  • Medical Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Medical Springs is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medical Springs
  • Conley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Conley is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conley

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Crooks ...

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

Adding Crooks to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Crooks 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 Crooks was mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crooks.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Union, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Crooks - 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 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Crooks area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Crooks 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.