Welcome to Crego ...
So far, we found very little information about Crego. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Crego to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Crego, please Contact Us.
Crego would have been located within present day Lewis County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Crego, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Crego is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Crego was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Crego was located: 360 & 564<4>
Communities near Crego ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Crego.
- Centralia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chehalis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Napavine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Winlock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Toledo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oakville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pe Ell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Vader
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bucoda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fayette is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
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 Crego. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Crego.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Crego. 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 Crego.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Crego. See our Newspapers Page for Crego.
Adding Crego to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Crego in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Crego was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Crego post office opened in 1901. The Crego post office closed in 1907.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Crego.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Crego, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Lewis, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Crego - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 360 code has been Overlayed with the 564 area code. New phone numbers in the Crego area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Crego area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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/ |