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Welcome to Crest Estates ...

Crest Estates is located in Jefferson County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Crest Estates: Crest Ests.

Crest Estates is 1,020 feet [311 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Crest Estates lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Crest Estates: 205 & 659<3>

Communities Also Named Crest Estates ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Crest Estates - it's located in Illinois.

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

Communities near Crest Estates ...

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

  • Birmingham
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Vestavia Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Alabaster
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Bessemer
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Homewood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pelham
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Trussville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Helena
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Mountain Brook
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Center Point
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)

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 Crest Estates. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Crest Estates.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Crest Estates. 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 Crest Estates.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Crest Estates ...

Looking for more information about Crest Estates? 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 Crest Estates, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Crest Estates.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Crest Estates - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 205 code has been Overlayed with the 659 area code. New phone numbers in the Crest Estates area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Crest Estates area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.