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Welcome to Craigsville ...

Craigsville is located in Armstrong County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Craigsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869.

Craigsville is 1,010 feet [308 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Craigsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Craigsville - they are located in South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Craigsville ...

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

  • Butler
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Lower Burrell
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Vandergrift
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Arnold
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Arnold is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,790 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arnold <3>
  • Tarentum
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Kittanning
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Brackenridge
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Ford City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Leechburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Freeport
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Craigsville ...

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

Adding Craigsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Craigsville 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 Craigsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Craigsville post office opened in 1869. The Craigsville post office closed in 1986.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Craigsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Armstrong, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Craigsville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/