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History · Cranmoor

Cranmoor’s post office opened in 1898, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940

1898first post office
0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
Quick answers

How Cranmoor began

When was Cranmoor founded?

1898

The Cranmoor post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 181128 years
Founding year: the first Cranmoor post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
Famous people

Famous people close to Cranmoor

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

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Cranmoor had its own post office from 1898 to 1932.

Cranmoor
1898–1932
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Walker
Gone or out of use
Bennett Landing StripairportBrazeau Landing StripairportSpeedwing Fieldairport

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Questions about Cranmoor’s history

What year was Cranmoor founded?

The Cranmoor post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 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.