Welcome to Cedar Crest ...

Cedar Crest is located in Ocean 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 1911.

Cedar Crest is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Cedar Crest lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Websites for Cedar Crest ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.oc-chamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Cedar Crest, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Cedar Crest ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Cedar Crest - they are located in Alabama (2), California (2), Colorado, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, 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.

• Holiday Heights
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Heights
  • Holiday Heights is located in Ocean County
• Roosevelt City
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roosevelt City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosevelt City
  • Roosevelt City is located in Ocean County
• Whiting
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
  • Whiting is located in Ocean County
• Cedar Glen Lakes
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Glen Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Glen Lakes
  • Cedar Glen Lakes is located in Ocean County
• Double Trouble ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Trouble
  • Double Trouble is located in Ocean County
• Wheatland
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wheatland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
  • Wheatland is located in Ocean County
• Silver Ridge
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Ridge
  • Silver Ridge is located in Ocean County
• Toms River
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms River
  • Toms River is located in Ocean County
• Forked River
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forked River
  • Forked River is located in Ocean County
• Glen Cedar City
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Cedar City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cedar City
  • Glen Cedar City is located in Ocean County

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.

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.<4>

From that list, the Cedar Crest post office opened in 1911.

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 Ocean County: www.oceancountygov.com/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.state.nj.us/