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The story

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The Crook, Colorado, post office opened on May 26, 1882. The Town of Crook was incorporated on September 23, 1918

The town was named for General George Crook, a general officer during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. Crook has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.

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Famous people close to Crook

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Herman ShumlinHerman ShumlinAtwood · 33 miDCDan ChaonSidney · 21 miDonald G. BrotzmanDonald G. BrotzmanSterling · 26 miFred DuttonFred DuttonJulesburg · 29 miNBNancy Ekholm BurkertSterling · 26 miGreg BrophyGreg BrophyHolyoke · 33 mi
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Crook, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today4 photos
Aerial view of Crook, Colorado, December 2025CommonsAerial view of Crook, Colorado, December 20252025Crook, ColoradoCommonsCrook, Colorado2017I-76EBExit149COCommonsI-76EBExit149CO2008COMap-doton-CrookCommonsCOMap-doton-Crook2005
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Crook is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Crook has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Powell and Blair Stone Ranch in Iliff, 8.4 miles away.

Crook and the nearest listed places

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Powell and Blair Stone RanchFirst National Bank of HaxtunShirley HotelEvergreen Corner Rural Historic DistrictFort Sidney Historic DistrictChrist Episcopal Church

Closest to Crook

Powell and Blair Stone RanchIliff · Building8.4miFirst National Bank of HaxtunHaxtun · Building17.5miShirley HotelHaxtun · Building17.5miEvergreen Corner Rural Historic DistrictPaoli · Building21.1miFort Sidney Historic DistrictSidney · District21.5mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Powell and Blair Stone Ranch’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Crook?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Crook’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Fleming📜 Sedgwick📜 Iliff📜 Haxtun

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