[5] North Carolina Highway 16 is the primary route in the community, providing access to the eastern areas of Ashe County.

Historical evidence shows that the area that comprises present-day Crumpler was inhabited by several Native Americans tribes, including the Cherokee, Muscogee, and Shawnee.

Representative Crumpler was known for his controversial remarks regarding an amendment proposal to the North Carolina constitution to allow Jewish people to hold public office.

Despite the commonness of slavery and overt systematic racism of the time period, Crumpler faced intense backlash across North Carolina for his comments.

Initially one of the most prominent pro-Union voices of the state, Crumpler joined the Confederate Army in 1861, when North Carolina declared its secession from the Union.