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Welcome to Crestmont ...

Crestmont is located in Sullivan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Crestmont, you might consider that their post office opened in 1924.

Crestmont is 2,130 feet [649 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Crestmont is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Crestmont: 570 & 272<3>

Communities Also Named Crestmont ...

While we believe that this Crestmont is located in Sullivan County, we know of another 2 Pennsylvania communities named Crestmont. Those communities are located in the following counties: Clinton and Montgomery County.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there are 7 communities that are also named Crestmont - they are located in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina and South Carolina.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Crestmont.

Communities near Crestmont ...

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

  • Muncy
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Muncy is located in Lycoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muncy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,406 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muncy <4>
  • Muncy
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Muncy is located in Lycoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muncy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,191 people
  • Benton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Dushore
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • New Albany
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Laporte
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Forksville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Sonestown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Beech Glen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Beech Glen is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
  • Long Brook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Crestmont ...

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

Adding Crestmont to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Crestmont 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 Crestmont was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Crestmont post office opened in 1924. The Crestmont post office closed in 1936.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crestmont.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Sullivan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Crestmont - 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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Crestmont area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Crestmont 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/