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History · Cedar Crest

13% of Cedar Crest’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1885 on.

0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Cedar Crest’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 Cedar Crest are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18857 editions of the USGS map, 1885 to 1974. Watch Cedar Crest change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cedar Crest’s history is told.

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On the map

Cedar Crest on the map, 1885 to 1974

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

Cedar Crest on the 1885 USGS mapCedar Crest on the 1893 USGS mapCedar Crest on the 1918 USGS mapCedar Crest on the 1947 USGS mapCedar Crest on the 1953 USGS mapCedar Crest on the 1961 USGS mapCedar Crest on the 1974 USGS map1885Duxbury 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 Cedar Crest.

The story

How Cedar Crest came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Cedar Crest.

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The original name for Cedar Crest was "Gotham Hill". In the 1920s, three seasonal children's camps were created on the west end of the hill. The Immaculate Conception Boys Brigade, under the direction of Monsignor Edward M. Hartigan from the Immaculate Conception Church in Everett, bought out the other two camps and created one camp. At the time the hill did not have any trees since it had been farmland for a number of years. There was a growth of small cedar trees on the top of the hill. This inspired Monsignor Hartigan to name the combined camps "Cedar Crest", and the name was emblazoned on the side of the hill in white painted stones. Ever since, the entire hill has been called Cedar Crest.

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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Cedar Crest

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

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Abigail AdamsFirst Lady of the United States from 1797 to 18… · b. 1744
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Gilbert N. LewisAmerican physical chemist · b. 1875
Dave FarrellAmerican bassist · b. 1977
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Jonathan TogoAmerican actor · b. 1977
Stephen BowenAmerican astronaut · b. 1964
Tom Everett ScottAmerican actor · b. 1970
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Green HarborIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOcean Bluff-Brant RockIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.