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Welcome to Craft ...

Craft is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Craft is located in Cherokee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Craft, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Craft is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Craft ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Craft - they are located in Kentucky, Nebraska and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Craft ...

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

  • Jacksonville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Rusk
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Rusk is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,664 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rusk <3>
  • Bullard
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Troup
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Troup is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troup
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,064 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troup <3>
  • New Summerfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Frankston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Berryville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Berryville is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,066 people
  • Gallatin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Reklaw
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Cuney
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Craft ...

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

Adding Craft to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Craft 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 Craft was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Craft.

Footnotes ...

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