Cranston was an

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, United States.

History

Cranston was a stop on the

Milwaukee Road The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (CMStP&P), better known as the Milwaukee Road , was a Class I railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States, Midwest and Pacific Northwest, Northwest of the United States from 1847 ...

, which was removed in 1982, although little remains of the community today. Cranston's population was 42 in 1925. The population was 53 in 1940. There are thirteen houses remaining in Cranston. The Cranston graveyard, containing predominantly Protestant graves, is a half mile east of the town.

Education

Cranston residents are zoned to schools of the

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. - The campus is outside of the Letts city limits.

References

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