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History · Crown City

Crown City’s post office opened in 1870, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1906 on and the census since 1880.

1870first post office
0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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Quick answers

How Crown City began

When was Crown City founded?

1870

The Crown City post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Bays Bottom (1847), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 248 in 18802020 census: 424156 years
Founding year: the first Crown City post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Crown City’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 Crown City are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19066 editions of the USGS map, 1906 to 2002. Watch Crown City change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Crown City’s history is told.

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On the map

Crown City on the map, 1906 to 2002

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

Crown City on the 1906 USGS mapCrown City on the 1958 USGS mapCrown City on the 1968 USGS mapCrown City on the 1975 USGS mapCrown City on the 1985 USGS mapCrown City on the 2002 USGS map1906Athalia 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 City.

The story so far

Crown City, in brief

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

Crown City is a village in Gallia County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 424 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1870. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 413 to 424 (+3%).

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

Timeline

Crown City, 1847 to 1906

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1847Post officeThe Bays Bottom post office opens
  3. 1870Post officeThe Bays Bottom post office closes
  4. 1870Post officeThe Crown City post office opens
  5. 1873Born hereFred B. Lambert is born here
  6. 1891Born herePete Sims is born here
  7. 20th century
  8. 1906On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Crown City, decade by decade

Today5 recent
Crown City Wesleyan Church2015Crown City Wesleyan ChurchMap of Gallia County Ohio Highlighting Crown City Village2015Map of Gallia County Ohio Highlighting Crown City Vil…MapOhio River, Crown City, Ohio and Lesage, West Virginia2014Ohio River, Crown City, Ohio and Lesage, West VirginiaOhio River2014Ohio RiverOHMap-doton-Crown City2004OHMap-doton-Crown City
People over time

Crown City, census by census

010020030040050018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 513

Between 235 and 513 people in every census since 1880.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Crown City

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Fred B. LambertWest Virginia educator and regional historian · b. 1873
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Pete SimsAmerican baseball player · b. 1891
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Crown City’s post office has been open since 1870. Another post office, Bays Bottom, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Bays Bottom
1847–1870
Crown City
1870–today
18401930today
1cemetery inside Crown City
Crown City

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.

Guyan TownshipIts storyC−Rome Township1 historic placeC

Questions about Crown City’s history

What year was Crown City founded?

The Crown City post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.