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Communities Also Named Crystal ...

We found 24 communities that share the name Crystal.

Within Ontario, the name Crystal is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Gunnison County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Crystal [Gunnison County].
    • Idaho
      • Custer County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Crystal [Custer County].
      • Power County
      • This Crystal is located in Power County and lies 1,816 miles [2,922.6 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Power County community of Crystal.
      • Washington County
      • This Crystal is located in Washington County and lies 1,998 miles [3,215.5 km] to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Crystal.
    • Indiana
      • Dubois County
      • This Crystal is located in Dubois County and lies 707 miles [1,137.8 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dubois County community of Crystal.
    • Iowa
      • Tama County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Crystal [Tama County].
    • Kansas
      • Harper County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Crystal [Harper County].
    • Kentucky
      • Estill County
      • This Crystal is located in Estill County and lies 640 miles [1,030 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Estill County community of Crystal.
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • This Crystal is located in Aroostook County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<2> to the east northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Crystal.
    • Michigan
      • Montcalm County
      • This Crystal is located in Montcalm County and lies 459 miles [738.7 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montcalm County community of Crystal.
    • Minnesota
      • Hennepin County
      • This Crystal is located in Hennepin County and lies 852 miles [1,371.2 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hennepin County community of Crystal.
    • Nevada
      • Clark County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Crystal [Clark County].
      • Nye County
      • This Crystal is located in Nye County and lies 2,161 miles [3,477.8 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Crystal.
    • New Hampshire
      • Coos County
      • This Crystal is located in Coos County and lies 224 miles [360.5 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Crystal.
    • New Mexico
      • San Juan County
      • This Crystal is located in San Juan County and lies 1,825 miles [2,937.1 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Juan County community of Crystal.
    • North Carolina
      • Guilford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Crystal [Guilford County].
    • North Dakota
      • Pembina County
      • This Crystal is located in Pembina County and lies 1,059 miles [1,704.3 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pembina County community of Crystal.
    • Oklahoma
      • Atoka County
      • This Crystal is located in Atoka County and lies 1,286 miles [2,069.6 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atoka County community of Crystal.
    • Oregon
      • Klamath County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Crystal [Klamath County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Fayette County
      • This Crystal is located in Fayette County and lies 401 miles [645.3 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Crystal.
      • Potter County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Crystal [Potter County].
    • Tennessee
      • Obion County
      • This Crystal is located in Obion County and lies 900 miles [1,448.4 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Obion County community of Crystal.
    • Virginia
      • Bedford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Crystal [Bedford County].
    • West Virginia
      • Mercer County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Crystal [Mercer County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crystal ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Bells Crossing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bells Crossing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossing
  • Frankville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frankville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frankville <5>
  • Greenbush
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Hawkes
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkes
  • Hemlock Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hemlock Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Corners
  • Jasper
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jasper came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jasper <5>
  • Jellyby
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jellyby came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jellyby
  • Judgeville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Judgeville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judgeville
  • Newbliss
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbliss
  • Rocksprings
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocksprings came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocksprings
  • Rosedale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosedale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale

How Far From Crystal to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Crystal to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Crystal and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 44 miles [70.8 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Crystal to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,604 miles [9,018.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,331 miles [10,188.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,208 miles [6,772.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Crystal, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Crystal) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Crystal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7922, Longitude: -75.9044    
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Crystal could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Crystal to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.641 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.968 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.669 degrees.




 

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