Welcome to Crystal ...

Crystal is primarily located in San Juan County<1>. A portion of Crystal extends into McKinley County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Crystal, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1903.

Crystal is 7,520 feet [2,292 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Crystal is about 1½ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Crystal and travel west, you will soon leave Mountain Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

Crystal is within the (505) area code.

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, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada (2), New Hampshire, 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.

• Navajo
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Navajo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo
  • Navajo is located in McKinley County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Navajo <4>
• Toadlena
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toadlena
  • Toadlena is located in San Juan County
• Sawmill
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmill
  • Sawmill is located in Apache County (AZ)
• Naschitti
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Naschitti have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naschitti
  • Naschitti is located in San Juan County
• Wheatfields
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatfields
  • Wheatfields is located in Apache County (AZ)
• Sheep Springs
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Springs
  • Sheep Springs is located in San Juan County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sheep Springs <4>
• Tohatchi
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tohatchi
  • Tohatchi is located in McKinley County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tohatchi <4>
• Sehili
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sehili
  • Sehili is located in Apache County (AZ)
• Mexican Springs
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexican Springs
  • Mexican Springs is located in McKinley County
  • Mexican Springs has also been known as:
  • Nakai Beto
  • Nakai Bito
  • Nakaibeto
  • Nakaibito
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mexican Springs <4>
• Fort Defiance
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Defiance
  • Fort Defiance is located in Apache County (AZ)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Defiance <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling 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.<5>

From that list, the Crystal post office opened in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crystal.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for San Juan County: www.co.san-juan.nm.us/

The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/