The story
Read it all →How Incline Village came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Incline Village.
Incline Village was established in 1882 with a post office opening February 7, 1884.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Incline Village
Incline Village dates to 1882
More historic than 12% of U.S. towns · #22 of 42 in Nevada. What drives it
Most of Incline Village was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1968 on, and the census since 2000.
1882founded
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
Quick answers
How Incline Village began
When was Incline Village founded?
1882
Incline Village dates its founding to 1882 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 2000.
First census: 9,952 in 20002020 census: 9,462144 years
How historic is Incline Village?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 12% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1884.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Incline Village’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Incline Village is more historic than 12% of U.S. towns, #22 of 42 in Nevada. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Incline Village’s overall grade.
Founding era1882, from Wikipedia: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19400.0% of homes (±0.3) · typical NV town 0.3% · U.S. 8.4%D−National RegisterNo listings counted · typical NV town 0.0 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 12%
NewerOlder
Nevada towns of 2,500+ (42)Ahead of 49%
Few Nevada towns list much on the Register (a typical Nevada town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Incline Village’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (29% of Nevada towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
NoteThe founding year comes from Wikipedia alone; no second source gives 1882.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to C−. The pre-1940 share (±0.3 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: Wikipedia (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Incline Village’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Help out
Start Incline Village’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Incline Village’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Timeline
Incline Village, 1882 to 1971
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1882FoundingIncline Village is established
- 1884Post officeThe Incline post office opens
- 1891
In the archiveIncline 1891 - 1895Post officeThe Incline post office closes
- 20th century
- 1968
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1971
In the archiveLake Tahoe card without message from Zodiac killer
By decade
Incline Village, decade by decade
2 decades in the archive, from the 1890s to the 1970s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1890s1 item
1900s–1960snothing 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 album1980s–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 albumToday10 recent
2014Incline Village, NV 89451, USA
2011View of Incline Village private docks from Nevada Sta…
2011Bonanza-Ponderosa Ranch-postcard-03Postcard
2010Looking at mt rose summit hiking area 2010
2008Incline Village Panoramic
2008Assignment- 48-DPA-08-17-08 SOI K Lake T Air) Secreta…
2005Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
2005Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
2005Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
2004Tahoe Meadows near Mount Rose and Lake Tahoe on S.R. …On the map
Incline Village on the map, 1968 to 1992
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Incline Village. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1968Mt Rose sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Incline Village.
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.
Retake this viewIncline 1891, 1891
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Incline Village’s page.
Retake this view · +15People over time
Incline Village, census by census
Between 8,777 and 9,952 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Incline Village’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Incline Village
Nobody well known was born in Incline Village itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone
Another post office, Incline, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Tyrolian Village
Gone or out of use
Incline Post Officepost office
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Incline Village’s history
What year was Incline Village founded?
In 1882, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Incline Village’s post office opened in 1884, and the census of 2000 counted 9,952 people here.
How does Incline Village rank for history?
Incline Village is more historic than 12% of U.S. towns, #22 of 42 in Nevada. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Incline Village?
0.0% of Incline Village’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 0.3% for a Nevada town; the median home was built in 1981.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (12), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.