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History · Crescent

Crescent’s post office opened in 1907, and 45% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Crescent began

When was Crescent founded?

1907

The Crescent post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Odell (1901), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 412119 years
Founding year: the first Crescent post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Crescent’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 Crescent are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Crescent’s homes were built before 1961.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Crescent’s history is told.

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The story so far

Crescent, in brief

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

Crescent is an unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2020 census, Crescent had a population of 412. Crescent is along U.S. Route 97 about 47 miles (76 km) south-southwest of Bend. Crescent has a post office with ZIP code 97733.

Its first post office opened in 1907.

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

Timeline

Crescent, 1901 to 1907

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1901Post officeThe Odell post office opens
  3. 1907Post officeThe Odell post office closes
  4. 1907Post officeThe Crescent post office opens
By decade

Crescent, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Crescent Tavern2010Crescent TavernJackpot2009JackpotWoodsman Country Lodge sign2003Woodsman Country Lodge signLittle Deschutes Sporting Goods sign2003Little Deschutes Sporting Goods signLittle Deschutes Sporting Goods sign2003Little Deschutes Sporting Goods signKen's Sporting Goods2003Ken's Sporting Goods
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Crescent’s post office has been open since 1907. Another post office, Odell, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Odell
1901–1907
Crescent
1907–today
19001960today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Crescent’s history

What year was Crescent founded?

The Crescent post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (6), 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.