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History · Crestview

Crestview dates to 1948

Most of Crestview was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1951. Below: maps from 1898 on and the census since 1960.

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How Crestview began

When was Crestview founded?

1948

Crestview dates its founding to 1948 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1960.

First census: 616 in 19602020 census: 45278 years
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year.The full story ↓

What stands out about Crestview’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 Crestview are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18986 editions of the USGS map, 1898 to 1983. Watch Crestview change.Old housesHalf of Crestview’s homes were built before 1951.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Crestview’s history is told.

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On the map

Crestview on the map, 1898 to 1983

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

Crestview on the 1898 USGS mapCrestview on the 1914 USGS mapCrestview on the 1952 USGS mapCrestview on the 1961 USGS mapCrestview on the 1970 USGS mapCrestview on the 1983 USGS map1898East Cincinnati 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 Crestview.

The story

How Crestview came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Crestview.

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The city of Crestview was founded as Vet Village in 1948 by veterans of World War II. The first mayor, William Toner, was a veteran who – along with Michael Guidugli, Harold Shingshang, Edward Storer and Robert Munninghoff – broke ground as the first residents of the tiny city. Located less than 10 miles (16 km) from downtown Cincinnati, Ohio., this small piece of farmland quickly became a suburb for these young soldiers and their families. In 1950, the residents decide to rename the city through a contest, and the name Crestview was selected.

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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People over time

Crestview, census by census

01002003004005006007001960198020002020Peak: 659

Between 356 and 659 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Crestview

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

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Dave CowensAmerican basketball player and coach · b. 1948
Adrian BelewAmerican rock musician · b. 1949
Una MerkelAmerican actress · b. 1903
Jim BunningAmerican baseball player and politician · b. 1931
Frederick William FranzAmerican Watch Tower Society president · b. 1893
Lucien HubbardAmerican screenwriter · b. 1888
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

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Questions about Crestview’s history

What year was Crestview founded?

In 1948, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. the census of 1960 counted 616 people here.

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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, 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.