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Welcome to Crystal ...

Crystal is located in Power County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Crystal, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1910.

Crystal is 5,280 feet [1,609 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Crystal is 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Crystal lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Crystal: 208 & 986<3>

Communities Also Named Crystal ...

While we believe that this Crystal is located in Power County, we know of another 2 Idaho communities named Crystal. Those communities are located in the following counties: Custer 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.

  • Pocatello
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Chubbuck
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Inkom
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • McCammon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Arimo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arimo have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arimo
    • Arimo is located in Bannock County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 368 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arimo <4>
  • Pauline
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauline
    • Pauline is located in Power County
  • Robin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin
    • Robin is located in Bannock County
  • Arbon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Alameda
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alameda
    • Alameda is located in Bannock County
  • Michaud
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaud
    • Michaud is located in Power 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 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.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Crystal ...

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

Adding Crystal to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Crystal 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 Crystal was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Crystal post office opened in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crystal.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Power, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Crystal - 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 208 code has been Overlayed with the 986 area code. New phone numbers in the Crystal area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Crystal 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.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/