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Welcome to Crestview ...

Crestview is located in Lawrence County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Crestview, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Crestview is 1,010 feet [308 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Crestview lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Crestview: 931

Communities Also Named Crestview ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 35 communities that are also named Crestview - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida (3), Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana (2), Kentucky, Manitoba, Maryland (4), Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina (2), Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin (2) and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Crestview ...

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

  • Columbia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Greenfield Bend
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Greenfield Bend is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Bend
    • Estimated population in 2014: 15,035 people
  • Lawrenceburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Sawdust
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Sawdust is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawdust
    • Estimated population in 2014: 7,053 people
  • New Prospect
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • New Prospect is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
    • Estimated population in 2014: 6,880 people
  • Jonesboro ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jonesboro is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5,238 people
  • Mount Pleasant
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Hohenwald
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Southport
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Southport is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,110 people
  • Wales
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Wales is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,031 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Crestview ...

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

Adding Crestview to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Crestview 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 Crestview was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Crestview post office opened in 1891. The Crestview post office closed in 1951.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crestview.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Lawrence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Crestview - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/