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History · Croweburg

Croweburg’s post office opened in 1908, and 100% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1948 on.

1908first post office
0on the National Register
100%homes built before 1940
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How Croweburg began

When was Croweburg founded?

1908

The Croweburg post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 92118 years
Founding year: the first Croweburg post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Croweburg’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Croweburg’s history is told.

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The story

How Croweburg came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Croweburg.

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Croweburg was a station on the Joplin & Pittsburg electric line. The settlement was named after Crowe Coal Company and consisted of four coal mining camps, which were in operation from 1900 to 1940. Until 1912, Croweburg was a sundown town, where African Americans were not allowed to live.

A post office was opened in Croweburg in 1908, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1972.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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On the map

Croweburg on the map, 1948 to 1978

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Croweburg. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Croweburg on the 1948 USGS mapCroweburg on the 1959 USGS mapCroweburg on the 1978 USGS map1948Mulberry sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Croweburg.

Famous people

Famous people close to Croweburg

Nobody well known was born in Croweburg itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Roy GlennAmerican actor · b. 1914
Dale R. CorsonAmerican scientist · b. 1914
Dennis HaydenAmerican actor · b. 1952
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Ed NealyAmerican basketball player · b. 1960
Lee AllenAmerican saxophonist · b. 1926
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Ronald Michael GilmoreCatholic bishop · b. 1942

Questions about Croweburg’s history

What year was Croweburg founded?

The Croweburg post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.