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History · Crest View Heights

Half of Crest View Heights’ homes were built after 1967

Most of Crest View Heights was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1967.

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What stands out about Crest View Heights’ past

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The story so far

Crest View Heights, in brief

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

Crest View Heights is a neighborhood and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Owego, Tioga County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Crest View Heights had a population of 1,770. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. Although not technically inside the Village of Endicott, it has an Endicott mailing address and zip code. The Crest View Heights Development was formed from the 1961-1974 purchase of the farms of J Ward Allen, Audley D Allen & Granville Brink by Kurt Franzenburg, John Garbar & Gerald A Cole, with VP Richard Huttleston, lawyered by Nathan Hankin & Francis C Palmer and built by Louis Tokos Sr Glenwood Building Supply. It contains the Thomas.…

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

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Famous people

Famous people close to Crest View Heights

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

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Camille PagliaAmerican feminist academic and critic · b. 1947
Bridget MoynahanAmerican actress and model · b. 1971
Douglas G. HurleyAmerican astronaut · b. 1966
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Chris WedgeAmerican animator, director, producer, and writ… · b. 1957
Douglas H. WheelockAmerican astronaut · b. 1960
Rick BakerAmerican special makeup effects artist · b. 1950

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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 →