Welcome to Crystal Lake ...

Crystal Lake is located in Bergen County<1>.

The location of Crystal Lake has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Crystal Lake, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1894.

A typical abbreviation for Crystal Lake: Crystal Lk.

Crystal Lake is 370 feet [113 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area codes for Crystal Lake: (201) and (551)<4>

Websites for Crystal Lake ...

Junior League:   www.thejlbc.org/

Communities Also Named Crystal Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New Jersey communities named Crystal Lake: This one is located in Bergen County and the other is located in Ocean County.

Beyond New Jersey, there are 26 communities that are also named Crystal Lake - they are located in Alabama, California, Colorado (2), Connecticut, Florida (4), Illinois (2), Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan (2), Nebraska, New York (2), Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Crystal Lake.

Communities near Crystal Lake ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Crystal Lake.

• Newark
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
  • Newark is located in Essex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 282,520 people
• Yonkers
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonkers
  • Yonkers is located in Westchester County (NY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 200,040 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yonkers <5>
• Paterson
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paterson
  • Paterson is located in Passaic County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 144,801 people
• Clifton
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
  • Clifton is located in Passaic County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,025 people
• Passaic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic
  • Passaic is located in Passaic County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 69,340 people
• Union City
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
  • Union City is located in Hudson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 67,137 people
• East Orange
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orange
  • East Orange is located in Essex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 64,630 people
• West New York
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West New York have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New York
  • West New York is located in Hudson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,132 people
• Hackensack
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackensack
  • Hackensack is located in Bergen County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,981 people
• Kearny
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearny
  • Kearny is located in Hudson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 40,507 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 Crystal Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Crystal Lake.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Crystal Lake ...

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

Adding Crystal Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Crystal Lake post office opened in 1894.

We also found Crystal Lake in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crystal Lake.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Crystal Lake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Bergen County: www.co.bergen.nj.us/

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