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Welcome to Crandall ...

Crandall is located in Day County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Crandall, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

Crandall is 1,480 feet [451 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Crandall lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Crandall: 605

Communities Also Named Crandall ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Crandall - they are located in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Manitoba, Mississippi, Ohio and Texas.

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

Communities near Crandall ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Crandall ...

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

Adding Crandall to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Crandall post office opened in 1908. The Crandall post office closed in 1973.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crandall.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Dakota's counties, including Day, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Crandall - 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/