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Welcome to McCrea ...

McCrea is located in Cumberland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of McCrea, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

McCrea is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for McCrea: 717 & 223<3>

Communities Also Named McCrea ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named McCrea - it's located in Louisiana.

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

Communities near McCrea ...

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

  • Carlisle
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Shippensburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Mount Holly Springs
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Newville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Bloomfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
  • Newburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Blain
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Orrstown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Landisburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Bears Crossroads
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bears Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bears Crossroads

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for McCrea ...

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

Adding McCrea to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the McCrea post office opened in 1892. The McCrea post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for McCrea.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Cumberland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around McCrea - 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 717 code has been Overlayed with the 223 area code. New phone numbers in the McCrea area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the McCrea 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/