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Welcome to Crystal ...So far, we found very little information about Crystal. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Crystal to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Crystal, please Contact Us. Crystal would have been located within present day Custer County<2>. The location of Crystal has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Crystal, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880. While the community is gone, the present day location for Crystal is 5,350 feet [1,631 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Crystal is 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Crystal was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Crystal would have been located in the (208) & (986)<5> area codes. Communities Also Named Crystal ...While we believe that this Crystal is located in Custer County, we know of another 2 Idaho communities named Crystal. Those communities are located in the following counties: Power and Washington County. Beyond Idaho, there are 24 communities that are also named Crystal - they are located in Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada (2), New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Crystal. Communities near Crystal ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Crystal.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Crystal. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Crystal. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Crystal. 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 Crystal. Adding Crystal to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Crystal in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Crystal was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Crystal. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Custer County: www.co.custer.id.us/ The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/ Footnotes ...
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