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History · Greenview

Greenview’s post office opened in 1900, and 42% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1955 on and the census since 2000.

1900first post office
0on the National Register
42%homes built before 1940
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How Greenview began

When was Greenview founded?

1900

The Greenview post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 200 in 20002020 census: 208126 years
Founding year: the first Greenview post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Greenview’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 Greenview are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Greenview’s homes were built before 1961.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Greenview’s history is told.

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The story so far

Greenview, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Greenview yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Greenview is a census-designated place (CDP) in Siskiyou County, California, United States. Its population is 208 as of the 2020 census, up from 201 from the 2010 census.

Its first post office opened in 1900. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 201 to 208 (+3%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Greenview on the map, 1955 to 2001

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

Greenview on the 1955 USGS mapGreenview on the 1984 USGS mapGreenview on the 2001 USGS map1955Fort Jones 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 Greenview.

People over time

Greenview, census by census

010020020002020Peak: 208

Between 200 and 208 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Questions about Greenview’s history

What year was Greenview founded?

The Greenview post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.