Welcome to Crystal Peak ...

So far, we found very little information about Crystal Peak. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Crystal Peak to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Crystal Peak, please Contact Us.

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Crystal Peak would have been located within present day Washoe County<2>.

Crystal Peak was founded in 1864.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Crystal Peak is 4,850 feet [1,478 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Crystal Peak is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Crystal Peak was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Crystal Peak was located: 775

Communities near Crystal Peak ...

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

• Reno
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Reno is located in Washoe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 259,290 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reno <4>
• Sparks
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Sparks is located in Washoe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 106,900 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparks <4>
• Truckee
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Truckee is located in Nevada County (CA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truckee
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,982 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Truckee <4>
• Loyalton
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Loyalton is located in Sierra County (CA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 680 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loyalton <4>
• Calvada ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Calvada is located in Sierra County (CA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvada
• Lawton
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Lawton is located in Washoe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
• Mystic ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Mystic is located in Nevada County (CA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
• Bronco ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Bronco is located in Washoe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
  • Bronco has also been known as:
  • Bronca
• Copperfield ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Copperfield is located in Washoe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
• Bronco
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Bronco is located in Nevada County (CA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco

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

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

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

Adding Crystal Peak to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Crystal Peak in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Crystal Peak was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Crystal Peak post office opened in 1864. The Crystal Peak post office closed in 1869.

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