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History · Crescent Valley

Half of Crescent Valley’s homes were built after 2003

Most of Crescent Valley was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2003. Below: maps from 1949 on.

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What stands out about Crescent Valley’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story

How Crescent Valley came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Crescent Valley.

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A post office had been in operation at Crescent Valley since 1963, closing in 2008. A small store at the SE corner of 2nd street and State Route 306 has one of the only “Village Post Offices” in the state of Nevada. Postal boxes to receive mail were installed at the Fairgrounds. Mail is delivered from the Post Office in Carlin, Nevada by automobile.

The community takes its name from the valley in which it is located, which in turn was named on account of its crescent shape.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Crescent Valley, decade by decade

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On the map

Crescent Valley on the map, 1949 to 1985

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

Crescent Valley on the 1949 USGS mapCrescent Valley on the 1950 USGS mapCrescent Valley on the 1985 USGS map1949Crescent Valley 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 Crescent Valley.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (3), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.