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Welcome to Crystal Run ...

Crystal Run is located in Orange County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Crystal Run, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Crystal Run is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Crystal Run: 845 & 329<3>

Websites for Crystal Run ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.orangeny.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Crystal Run, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Crystal Run ...

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

  • Palm Tree
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Palm Tree is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Tree
  • Kiryas Joel
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Kiryas Joel is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiryas Joel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,953 people
  • Middletown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Newburgh
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Beacon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Beacon is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,930 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beacon <4>
  • Woodbury
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodbury is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,058 people
  • Monroe
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Port Jervis
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Warwick
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Walden
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Crystal Run ...

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

Adding Crystal Run to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Crystal Run 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 (so far) for Crystal Run was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Crystal Run post office opened in 1883. The Crystal Run post office closed in 1940.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Orange, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Crystal Run - 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 845 code has been Overlayed with the 329 area code. New phone numbers in the Crystal Run area will be assigned with one of these codes: 845 or 329. As a result, placing a call in the Crystal Run 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.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/