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Welcome to Crystal ...

Crystal is located in Nye County<1>.

Crystal is 2,390 feet [728 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Crystal is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Crystal lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Crystal ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Nevada communities named Crystal: This one is located in Nye County and the other is located in Clark County.

Beyond Nevada, there are 24 communities that are also named Crystal - they are located in Colorado, Idaho (3), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, 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.

  • Amargosa ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amargosa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amargosa
    • Amargosa is located in Nye County
    • Amargosa has also been known as:
    • Amargosa Station
    • Amagoshe
    • Anorgosa
    • Johnnie Siding
  • Johnnie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mercury
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Amargosa Valley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Death Valley Junction
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Scranton ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Pahrump
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Wahmonie ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wahmonie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahmonie
    • Wahmonie is located in Nye County
    • Wahmonie has also been known as:
    • Horn Silver Mine
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Wahmonie
    • From Crystal to Wahmonie
  • Evelyn ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evelyn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evelyn
    • Evelyn is located in Inyo County (CA)
  • Lila C ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lila C have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lila C
    • Lila C is located in Inyo County (CA)

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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Crystal, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on 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 mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).

We also found Crystal mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crystal.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including Nye, 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.