Welcome to Cedar Crest ...

Cedar Crest is located in Fresno County<1>.

The location of Cedar Crest has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cedar Crest, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1923.

Cedar Crest is 7,070 feet [2,155 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Cedar Crest is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Cedar Crest lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Cedar Crest ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named Cedar Crest: This one is located in Fresno County and the other is located in Nevada County.

Beyond California, there are 13 communities that are also named Cedar Crest - they are located in Alabama (2), Colorado, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cedar Crest.

Communities near Cedar Crest ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cedar Crest.

• Dora Belle
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora Belle
  • Dora Belle is located in Fresno County
• Mono Hot Springs
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mono Hot Springs
  • Mono Hot Springs is located in Fresno County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mono Hot Springs <4>
• Shaver Lake
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver Lake
  • Shaver Lake is located in Fresno County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shaver Lake <4>
• Bretz Mill
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bretz Mill
  • Bretz Mill is located in Fresno County
• Pineridge
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineridge
  • Pineridge is located in Fresno County
• Meadow Lakes
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lakes
  • Meadow Lakes is located in Fresno County
• North Fork
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
  • North Fork is located in Madera County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Fork <4>
• Wishon
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishon
  • Wishon is located in Madera County
• Auberry
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auberry
  • Auberry is located in Fresno County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Auberry <4>
• Tollhouse
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollhouse
  • Tollhouse is located in Fresno County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tollhouse <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cedar Crest. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cedar Crest.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cedar Crest. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cedar Crest.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cedar Crest. See our Newspapers Page for Cedar Crest.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cedar Crest ...

Looking for more information about Cedar Crest? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Cedar Crest, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cedar Crest.

Adding Cedar Crest to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cedar Crest in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Cedar Crest was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Cedar Crest post office opened in 1923.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cedar Crest.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cedar Crest. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Fresno County: www.co.fresno.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/