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Welcome to Crystal ...

Crystal is located in Estill County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Crystal, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Crystal is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Crystal: 606

Communities Also Named Crystal ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 24 communities that are also named Crystal - they are located in Colorado, Idaho (3), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, 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.

  • Stanton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Irvine
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Beattyville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Clay City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • McKee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Ravenna
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Campton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Booneville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Furnace
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Furnace is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
  • Barker Branch
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Barker Branch is located in Powell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Branch

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 (so far) for Crystal was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Crystal post office opened in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crystal.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Estill, 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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