Creston
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Places
Canada- Creston, British ColumbiaCreston, British ColumbiaCreston is a town of 4,826 people in the Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada. The town is located just a few kilometers north of the Porthill, Idaho border crossing into the United States and about a three-hour drive north from Spokane, Washington. It is about a one-hour drive...
a town in the Regional District of Central Kootenay - Creston, Newfoundland and Labrador a town in Burin peninsula
United States
- Creston, CaliforniaCreston, CaliforniaCreston is a census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. It is located about 15 miles southeast of the City of Paso Robles.-History:Creston Creston is a census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. It is located about 15 miles...
, an unincorporated place in San Luis Obispo County - Creston, Napa County, CaliforniaCreston, Napa County, CaliforniaCreston is an unincorporated community in Napa County, California. It lies at an elevation of 315 feet ....
, an unincorporated place in Napa County - Creston, IllinoisCreston, IllinoisCreston is a village in Ogle County, Illinois, United States. The population was 662 at the 2010 census, up from 543 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Creston is located at ....
, a village in Ogle County - Creston, IndianaCreston, IndianaCreston is an unincorporated town in West Creek Township, Lake County, Indiana....
, an unincorporated place in Lake County - Creston, IowaCreston, IowaCreston is a city in and the county seat of Union County, Iowa, United States. The population was 7,597 at the 2000 census. McKinley Lake lies within a large, multi-purpose municipal park within the city limits, and three additional recreational lakes are located within seven miles of Creston:...
, a city in Union County - Creston, NebraskaCreston, NebraskaCreston is a village in Platte County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 215 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Creston is located at ....
, a village in Platte County - Creston, North CarolinaCreston, North CarolinaCreston is an unincorporated community in Ashe County, North Carolina, southwest of Grayson. It lies at an elevation of 2,861 feet ....
, an unincorporated community in Ashe County - Creston, OhioCreston, OhioCreston is a village in Medina and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 2,161 at the 2000 census. Creston is served by a branch of the Wayne County Public Library.-Geography:Creston is located at ....
, a village in Medina and Wayne counties - Creston, WashingtonCreston, WashingtonCreston is a town in Lincoln County, Washington, United States. The population was 236 at the 2010 census.-History:Creston sprang up with the arrival of the Central Washington Railroad in 1889. It was named so because of its high altitude, because it is the highest town in Washington state...
, a town in Lincoln County - Creston Township (disambiguation)
Elsewhere
- Creston, Crestonia, a town in ancient CrestoniaCrestoniaCrestonia was an ancient region immediately north of Mygdonia. The Echeidorus river, which flowed through Mygdonia into the Thermaic Gulf, had its source in Crestonia...
People
- Paul CrestonPaul CrestonPaul Creston was an Italian American composer of classical music.Born in New York City to Sicilian immigrants, Creston was self‐taught as a composer. He was an honorary member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity, initiated into the national honorary Alpha Alpha chapter...
, an American composer of classical music - René-Yves CrestonRené-Yves CrestonRené-Yves Creston , born René Pierre Joseph Creston, was a Breton artist, designer and ethnographer who founded the Breton nationalist art movement Seiz Breur...
, a Breton artist, ethnologist and French Resistance activist during World War II