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History · Crown Heights

Half of Crown Heights’ homes were built after 1967

Most of Crown Heights was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1967. Below: maps from 1893 on and the census since 2000.

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What stands out about Crown Heights’ 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 Crown Heights are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18936 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1995. Watch Crown Heights change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Crown Heights’s history is told.

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On the map

Crown Heights on the map, 1893 to 1995

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

Crown Heights on the 1893 USGS mapCrown Heights on the 1903 USGS mapCrown Heights on the 1943 USGS mapCrown Heights on the 1957 USGS mapCrown Heights on the 1982 USGS mapCrown Heights on the 1995 USGS map1893Poughkeepsie 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 Crown Heights.

The story so far

Crown Heights, in brief

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

Crown Heights is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Dutchess County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Crown Heights had a population of 2,872. It is part of the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area. Crown Heights is in the town of Poughkeepsie.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 2,840 in 2010, 2,872 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

Crown Heights, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,00020002020Peak: 2,992

Between 2,840 and 2,992 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Crown Heights’ Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Crown Heights

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

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Lee MillerAmerican photographer and photojournalist · b. 1907
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Tyler AdamsAmerican soccer player · b. 1999
Tom HollandAmerican scriptwriter and director · b. 1943
Bill DukeAmerican actor and director · b. 1943
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Charlie PlummerAmerican actor · b. 1999
Elisa DonovanAmerican actress · b. 1971

Questions about Crown Heights’ history

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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 and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.