Map of Cranesville borough

Cranesville is a borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 572 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Erie Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Cranesville is the birthplace of Olympic gold medalist John Williams. It is also birthplace to detailing legend, E. Jimbo Cadle.

Cranesville borough overview:
Name:	Cranesville borough
LSAD Code:	21
LSAD Description:	borough (suffix)
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Erie County
Elevation:	945 ft (288 m)
Total Area:	0.94 sq mi (2.43 km²)
Land Area:	0.94 sq mi (2.42 km²)
Water Area:	0.01 sq mi (0.01 km²)
Total Population:	570
Population Density:	609.63/sq mi (235.29/km²)
ZIP code:	16410
Area code:	814
FIPS code:	4216960
GNISfeature ID:	1172645

Online Interactive Map

Cranesville online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

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History

Cranesville was named after its founder, Fowler Crane. On May 31, 1985, the borough was devastated by an F4 tornado, which killed three people in Cranesville and another nine in nearby Albion.

Cranesville Road Map

Cranesville city Satellite Map

Geography

Cranesville is located in southwestern Erie County at 41°54′12″N 80°20′50″W / 41.90333°N 80.34722°W / 41.90333; -80.34722 (41.903313, -80.347089). It is bordered to the west by Conneaut Township and to the north, east, and south by Elk Creek Township. The borough of Albion is 2 miles (3 km) southwest of Cranesville.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.93 square miles (2.4 km), of which 0.004 square miles (0.01 km), or 0.51%, is water.

Pennsylvania Route 18 (Meadville Street) passes through the center of the borough, leading north 7 miles (11 km) to Girard and south 12 miles (19 km) to Conneautville. The city of Erie is 25 miles (40 km) northeast via PA 18, Interstate 90, and Interstate 79.