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History · Cedar Rock

Half of Cedar Rock’s homes were built after 1977

Most of Cedar Rock was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1895 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Cedar Rock’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 Rock are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18954 editions of the USGS map, 1895 to 1997. Watch Cedar Rock change.
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Cedar Rock on the map, 1895 to 1997

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

Cedar Rock on the 1895 USGS mapCedar Rock on the 1970 USGS mapCedar Rock on the 1986 USGS mapCedar Rock on the 1997 USGS map1895Hickory sheet · 1:125,000

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

The story so far

Cedar Rock, in brief

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

Cedar Rock is a village in Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Cedar Rock had a population of 301.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 300 in 2010, 301 in 2020.

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

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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

Cedar Rock, census by census

010020030020002020Peak: 315

Between 300 and 315 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

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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) 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.