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History · Cedar Crest

Half of Cedar Crest’s homes were built after 1978

Most of Cedar Crest was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: maps from 1896 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Cedar Crest’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 Cedar Crest are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18964 editions of the USGS map, 1896 to 1985. Watch Cedar Crest change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cedar Crest’s history is told.

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On the map

Cedar Crest on the map, 1896 to 1985

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

Cedar Crest on the 1896 USGS mapCedar Crest on the 1901 USGS mapCedar Crest on the 1972 USGS mapCedar Crest on the 1985 USGS map1896Pryor sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Cedar Crest.

The story so far

Cedar Crest, in brief

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

Cedar Crest is a census-designated place (CDP) in Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 276 at the 2020 census, down from 312 in 2010.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 312 to 276 (-12%).

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

By decade

Cedar Crest, decade by decade

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People over time

Cedar Crest, census by census

010020030020002020Peak: 312

Between 276 and 312 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

BallouIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMurphyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 (1), 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.