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History · Crescent

Crescent’s post office opened in 1894

Most of Crescent was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: 5 old photos and papers and maps from 1953 on.

1894first post office
0on the National Register
4%homes built before 1940
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From Crescent’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Crescent began

When was Crescent founded?

1894

The Crescent post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 811132 years
Founding year: the first Crescent post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
The story so far

Crescent, in brief

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

Crescent is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2010 Census with a population of 959. In 2020, its population was 811.

Its first post office opened in 1894. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 959 to 811 (-15%).

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

Timeline

Crescent, 1894 to 1953

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1894Post officeThe Crescent post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1913Post officeThe Crescent post office closes
  5. 1927In the archiveFloods - Mississippi River Flood
  6. 1953On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Crescent, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1920s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1920s5 items
Floods - Mississippi River Flood1927Floods - Mississippi River FloodFloods - Mississippi River Flood1927Floods - Mississippi River FloodFloods - Mississippi River Flood1927Floods - Mississippi River FloodFloods - Mississippi River Flood1927Floods - Mississippi River FloodFloods - Mississippi River Flood1927Floods - Mississippi River Flood
1930s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
On the map

Crescent on the map, 1953 to 1992

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

Crescent on the 1953 USGS mapCrescent on the 1969 USGS mapCrescent on the 1980 USGS mapCrescent on the 1992 USGS map1953Crescent sheet · 1:24,000

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

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Floods - Mississippi River Flood
Retake this viewFloods - Mississippi River Flood, 1927

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Crescent’s page.

Retake this view · +15
Famous people

Famous people close to Crescent

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

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Bobby JindalAmerican politician and 55th governor of Louisi… · b. 1971
Linda Thomas-GreenfieldAmerican diplomat · b. 1952
Bob PettitAmerican basketball player and coach · b. 1932
Shane WestAmerican actor, musician and songwriter · b. 1978
Ted DiBiase Jr.American professional wrestler and actor · b. 1982
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YoungBoy Never Broke AgainAmerican rapper · b. 1999
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Crescent had its own post office from 1894 to 1913.

Crescent
1894–1913
18901960today
Gone or out of use
Freeman Landing Stripairport

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Help out

Finish Crescent’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewFloods - Mississippi River Flood: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Questions about Crescent’s history

What year was Crescent founded?

The Crescent post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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 (5), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.