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Welcome to Crumpler ...

Crumpler is located in McDowell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Crumpler, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1906.

Crumpler is 2,310 feet [704 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Crumpler is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Crumpler: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Crumpler ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Crumpler - it's located in North Carolina.

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

Communities near Crumpler ...

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

  • Bluefield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Princeton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Bluefield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Welch
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch
    • Welch is located in McDowell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,575 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Welch <4>
  • Mullens
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Athens
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Gary
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gary have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
    • Gary is located in McDowell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 759 people
  • Pineville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Pocahontas
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
    • Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County (VA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
  • Bramwell
    (7 miles [11.3 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 Crumpler. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Crumpler.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Crumpler ...

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

Adding Crumpler to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Crumpler 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 for Crumpler was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Crumpler post office opened in 1906.

We also found Crumpler on a map titled Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crumpler.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including McDowell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Crumpler - 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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Crumpler area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Crumpler 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/