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History · Clyde

25% of Clyde’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1896 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Clyde’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Clyde are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18966 editions of the USGS map, 1896 to 1980. Watch Clyde change.Old housesHalf of Clyde’s homes were built before 1964.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Clyde’s history is told.

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On the map

Clyde on the map, 1896 to 1980

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

Clyde on the 1896 USGS mapClyde on the 1901 USGS mapClyde on the 1940 USGS mapClyde on the 1951 USGS mapClyde on the 1968 USGS mapClyde on the 1980 USGS map1896Carquinez Strait 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 Clyde.

The story

How Clyde came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Clyde.

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In 1917, the United States Shipping Board provided a government loan to the Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company to build a company town. The board commissioned Bernard Maybeck to be supervising architect for laying out the new town. He designed the hotel and around 200 of the initial homes built in the town. George Applegarth was hired as acting architect. In this position, he drew many of the architectural plans for the town.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Clyde, decade by decade

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People over time

Clyde, census by census

020040060080020002020Peak: 729

Between 678 and 729 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Clyde’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Clyde

Nobody well known was born in Clyde itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Tom HanksAmerican actor and film producer · b. 1956
Jeff GordonAmerican racing driver · b. 1971
Dave BrubeckAmerican jazz pianist and composer · b. 1920
Joe DiMaggioAmerican baseball player · b. 1914
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Kyle GassAmerican singer and musician · b. 1960
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Christy TurlingtonAmerican model · b. 1969
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (3), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.