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Crandall

Crandall \Cran"dall\ (kr[a^]n"dal), n. [Prob. from Crandall, a proper name.] (Stonecutting) A kind of hammer having a head formed of a group of pointed steel bars, used for dressing ashlar, etc. -- v. t. To dress with a crandall.

Gazetteer
Crandall, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
Population (2000): 131
Housing Units (2000): 62
Land area (2000): 0.102614 sq. miles (0.265769 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.102614 sq. miles (0.265769 sq. km)
FIPS code: 15634
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 38.287907 N, 86.065800 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 47114
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Crandall, IN
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Crandall, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 2774
Housing Units (2000): 914
Land area (2000): 2.840940 sq. miles (7.358000 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.840940 sq. miles (7.358000 sq. km)
FIPS code: 17504
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 32.627407 N, 96.453276 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 75114
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Crandall, TX
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Wikipedia
Crandall

Crandall is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Bruce P. Crandall, retired U.S. Army helicopter pilot and Medal of Honor recipient
  • Charles Henry Crandall, (1858–1923) author and poet
  • Charles Martin Crandall, (1833-1905) American inventor and toymaker
  • Del Crandall (born 1930), retired American baseball player
  • James Otis Crandall (1887–1951), American baseball player who played for the New York Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals
  • Jesse Armour Crandall, (1834–1920), American inventor and toymaker
  • John Crandall, (1609–1676), early settler of Rhode Island
  • Joseph Crandall, (ca 1761-1858), Baptist minister and political figure in New Brunswick
  • Lucien Stephen Crandall, American inventor of typewriters, adding machines and electrical devices
  • Lynn Crandall, (1888–1964), Civil Engineer, watermaster for Snake River Water District and district engineer for U.S. Geological Survey
  • Martin Crandall, keyboardist for The Shins
  • Michael Grain Crandall, American mathematician
  • Orson Leon Crandall (1903–1960), American U.S. Navy master diver and Medal of Honor recipient
  • Prudence Crandall (c.1803-1890), taught in the first integrated classroom in the US during the 1830s
  • Reed Crandall (1917–1982), American illustrator of comic books and magazines
  • Richard Crandall (1947–2012), American computer scientist and physicist
  • Robert Crandall (born 1935), former president and chairman of American Airlines
  • Roland Crandall (1892–1972) American animator
  • Stephen H. Crandall (1920–2013), professor emeritus of mechanical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Fictional characters:

  • Captain Crandall, leader of Teamo Supremo
  • Lt. Rip Crandall, character played by Jack Lemmon in The Wackiest Ship in the Army
  • Lt. Dolores Crandall, character in Operation Petticoat
  • Lennart Crandall, character in Johnny Cool
  • Bob "Lightnin'" Crandall, character played by Bob Steele in Lightnin' Crandall
  • Corky Crandall, character in sitcom Makin' It
  • Sam Crandall, character in The FBI Story
  • George Crandall (disambiguation), multiple characters
  • Ellen Crandall, character in Perry Mason
  • Jack Crandall, character played by Dwayne Hickman in My Dog, The Thief
  • Sheriff Vic Crandall, character played by Barry Kelley in sitcom Petticoat Junction
  • Sheriff Lucky Crandall, character played by Russell Hayden in A Tornado in the Saddle
  • Sir Crispin Crandall, character played by Harris Yulin, The Blacklist, episode "Sir Crispin Crandall
  • Monte Crandall, character played by James Ellison in The Ghost Goes Wild
Crandall (disambiguation)

Crandall is a surname.

Crandall may also refer to:

Usage examples of "crandall".

By the time Crandall and Reese finished inspecting the third storeroom, it was obvious that Bolin’s information was uncannily accurate.

There was a brief halt to pick up Kinnison’s speedster, then, again on the way, Blakeslee turned the board over to Crandall, the pilot, and went into Kinnison’s room.

Crandall, the pilot, sought his bunk, while Blakeslee started his long trick at the board.

Crandall noisily chewed the cough drop and washed it down with cognac.

She remembered a poor dirt farmer called Tommy Joe Crandall and his wife.

About three weeks ago, Hanan went on, Catherine's debt to Crandall amounted to sixty-eight thousand dollars--she had been playing very heavily under the usual gambler's delusion of getting even.

Crandall, out of the corner of his eye, saw Buzzel give a light yank on the microphone cord.

Crandall deftly concealed the dangerous photo in his tuxedo jacket, and told Mordecai to meet him upstairs in the hospitality suite.

The logical implication was that I would come to you when I left him, find you murdered, and act immediately on the information he had given me about Crandall.

Once, campaigning at a Miccosukee village, the congressman consented to an airboat ride because Erb Crandall saw it as a sensational photo opportunity.

Another man who clipped the Sun Sentinel item was Erb Crandall, sitting in the lobby of the Sunshine Fidelity Savings Bank on Gait Ocean Mile.

In his mind he suddenly heard Jud Crandall saying, The soil of a man’s heart is stonier, Louis.

The soil of a man’s heart is stonier, he thought, and the wind sang its bitter black song, and not so many miles distant, Norma Crandall, who had once knitted his daughter and son matching caps, lay in her gray steel American Eternal coffin on a stone slab in a Mount Hope crypt.

Crandall says she did not go back to sleep after she was awakened by the ringing of the telephone bell in Moxley's apartment.