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History · Crescent Springs

33% of Crescent Springs’ homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1892 on.

0on the National Register
33%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Crescent Springs’ 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 Crescent Springs are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18923 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1990. Watch Crescent Springs change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Crescent Springs’s history is told.

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On the map

Crescent Springs on the map, 1892 to 1990

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

Crescent Springs on the 1892 USGS mapCrescent Springs on the 1970 USGS mapCrescent Springs on the 1990 USGS map1892Kingfisher 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 Crescent Springs.

The story so far

Crescent Springs, in brief

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

Crescent Springs is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Logan County, Oklahoma, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, Crescent Springs had a population of 184. The CDP is in western Logan County, bordered to the south by Cimarron City. Oklahoma State Highway 74 forms the eastern edge of the CDP; the highway leads north 4 miles (6 km) to Crescent and south 26 miles (42 km) to the Northwest Expressway in Oklahoma City. Guthrie is 11 miles (18 km) to the east of Crescent Springs via Highways 74 and 33. Lake Lattawanna is a reservoir in the eastern part of Crescent Springs; its outlet leads south through Cimarro…

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

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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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Famous people

Famous people close to Crescent Springs

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

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Sam WaltonAmerican businessman · b. 1918
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Nicki AycoxAmerican actress · b. 1975
Hayley McFarlandAmerican actress · b. 1991
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Charlie HaasAmerican professional wrestler and collegiate w… · b. 1972
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Ekpe UdohNigerian-American basketball player · b. 1987
Josh RichardsonAmerican basketball player · b. 1993
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Cimarron CityIts 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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.