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Welcome to Cartwrights Crossing ...

Cartwrights Crossing is located in McKean County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Cartwrights Crossing: Cartwrights Xing.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Cartwrights Crossing for more information about variations on the name of Cartwrights Crossing.

Cartwrights Crossing is 2,130 feet [649 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Cartwrights Crossing is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Cartwrights Crossing: 814 & 582<3>

Communities near Cartwrights Crossing ...

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

  • Saint Marys
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Ridgway
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Kane
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Kane is located in McKean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kane
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,421 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kane <4>
  • Johnsonburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Johnsonburg is located in Elk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,264 people
  • Smethport
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Jewett
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lewis Run
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Clarendon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Freeman
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Freeman is located in McKean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
  • James City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cartwrights Crossing ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including McKean, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cartwrights Crossing - 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 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the Cartwrights Crossing area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the Cartwrights Crossing 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.