Half of Umber View Heights’ homes were built after 1977
Most of Umber View Heights was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1956 on and the census since 1980.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Umber View Heights yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Umber View Heights is a village in Cedar County, Missouri, United States. The population was 41 at the 2020 census. The name Umber is derived from one Mr. Umber, the proprietor of an early-20th-century country store.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 48 to 41 (-15%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
By decade
No old photos in the archives yet
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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Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Umber View Heights. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1956Crisp 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 Umber View Heights.
People over time
Umber View Heights, census by census
Between 34 and 52 people in every census since 1980.
5 censuses, 1980–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Umber View Heights’ Wikipedia page.
Famous people
Famous people close to Umber View Heights
Nobody well known was born in Umber View Heights itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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) 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.
