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History · Charleston View

The history of Charleston View

Below: maps from 1956 on.

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What stands out about Charleston View’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story

How Charleston View came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Charleston View.

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Inyo County defines the Charleston view planning area as 67.875 square miles, which is bigger than the census CDP for Charleston View. Defined as 0.748 square miles.

Within the Planning area, the 2020 Census shows that within Census Tract 8, Blocks 1176–1279, the population is 75.

In 2005, Housing Developers proposed to The Inyo county Board of Supervisors to build 65,000 housing units in Charleston View. This development was greeted with backlash by residents from Neighboring Pahrump, NV, whose main concern was that such development would deplete the ground water in the Pahrump Valley.

In 2009, Housing Developers proposed a scaled backed plan that would allow a total population of 40 thousand.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Charleston View on the map, 1956 to 1984

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Charleston View. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Charleston View on the 1956 USGS mapCharleston View on the 1984 USGS map1956Horse Thief Springs sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Charleston View.

Places that used to be

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Calvada Springs

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.