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Welcome to Crestwood Heights ...

Crestwood Heights is located in Bossier Parish<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Crestwood Heights: Crestwood Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Crestwood Heights is 210 feet [64 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Crestwood Heights: 318 & 457<3>

Communities near Crestwood Heights ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Crestwood Heights.

  • Shreveport
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bossier City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Minden
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Haughton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Blanchard
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Benton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Sibley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Cotton Valley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Doyline
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Dixie Inn
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Dixie Inn is located in Webster Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Inn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 266 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Crestwood Heights ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Bossier, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Crestwood Heights - 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 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Crestwood Heights area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Crestwood Heights 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.