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Crump’s post office opened in 1893

Most of Crump was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979.

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How Crump began

When was Crump founded?

1893

The Crump post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,594133 years
Founding year: the first Crump post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Crump’s past

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Crump, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Crump yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Crump is a city in Hardin County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,428 at the 2010 census, and 1,594 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1893. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,428 to 1,594 (+12%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Crump, decade by decade

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Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Crump’s post office has been open since 1893.

Hamlets and corners on the map
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Crump Schoolschool
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Crump’s history

What year was Crump founded?

The Crump post office opened in 1893, 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 Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.