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Cedar Crest, California

Coordinates: 37°14′42″N 119°12′04″W / 37.24500°N 119.20111°W / 37.24500; -119.20111
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37°14′42″N 119°12′04″W / 37.24500°N 119.20111°W / 37.24500; -119.20111

Cedar Crest
Resort postcard c.1930s
Resort postcard c.1930s
Cedar Crest is located in California
Cedar Crest
Cedar Crest
Location in California
Cedar Crest is located in the United States
Cedar Crest
Cedar Crest
Cedar Crest (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°14′42″N 119°12′04″W / 37.24500°N 119.20111°W / 37.24500; -119.20111
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyFresno County
Elevation7,077 ft (2,157 m)

Cedar Crest is an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California.[1] It is located on the north side of Huntington Lake 3.5 miles (5.6 km) northeast of Big Creek,[2] at an elevation of 7077 feet (2157 m).[1] Cedar Crest was established as a resort community for boaters and hunters in the early 1920s.[3]

A post office operated at Cedar Crest from 1923 to 1955, and from 1962 to the present.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cedar Crest, California
  2. ^ a b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1014. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. ^ "Cedar Crest proves popular". The Fresno Morning Republican. Fresno, CA. September 4, 1921. Retrieved January 7, 2025.