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Welcome to Mount Crest ...

Mount Crest is located in Bledsoe County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Mount Crest: Mt. Crest

Mount Crest is 1,720 feet [524 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Mount Crest (for example, toward Spring City), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Mount Crest: 423

Communities near Mount Crest ...

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

  • Clarktown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
    • Clarktown is located in White County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
  • Dayton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Lake Tansi Village
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tansi Village
    • Lake Tansi Village is located in Cumberland County
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,803 people
  • Sopha ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sopha have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopha
    • Sopha is located in Van Buren County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,104 people
  • Newton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
    • Newton is located in Cumberland County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,968 people
    • Newton has also been known as:
    • Peay
  • Pikeville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Spencer
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Graysville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
    • Graysville is located in Rhea County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
  • Doyle
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
    • Doyle is located in White County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
  • Winesap
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
    • Winesap is located in Bledsoe County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mount Crest ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Bledsoe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mount Crest - 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>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.