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History · Crescent Bar

Half of Crescent Bar’s homes were built after 2004

Most of Crescent Bar was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2004. Below: 4 old photos and papers and maps from 1966 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
4old photos & papers
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From Crescent Bar’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Crescent Bar’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 4 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Crescent Bar’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Crescent Bar’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewCRESCENT BAR RECREATIONAL AREA AT TRINI…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Crescent Bar, in brief

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

Crescent Bar is a resort area and census-designated place (CDP) in Grant County, Washington, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 325. The CDP is on the western edge of the county, on the east side of the Columbia River. A portion of the community occupies an island (Crescent Bar) in the river. The community is 2 miles (3 km) south of Washington State Route 28 at Trinidad. SR 28 leads east 7 miles (11 km) to Quincy and northwest 24 miles (39 km) to Wenatchee.

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

By decade

Crescent Bar, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1970s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1970s4 items
CRESCENT BAR RECREATIONAL AREA AT TRINIDAD, ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER1973CRESCENT BAR RECREATIONAL AREA AT TRINIDAD, ON THE CO…CRESCENT BAR RECREATIONAL AREA AT TRINIDAD, ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER1973CRESCENT BAR RECREATIONAL AREA AT TRINIDAD, ON THE CO…PART OF CRESCENT BAR RECREATIONAL AREA AT TRINIDAD, ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER1973PART OF CRESCENT BAR RECREATIONAL AREA AT TRINIDAD, O…PART OF CRESCENT BAR RECREATIONAL AREA AT TRINIDAD, ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER1973PART OF CRESCENT BAR RECREATIONAL AREA AT TRINIDAD, O…
1980s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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On the map

Crescent Bar on the map in 1966

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Crescent Bar.

Crescent Bar on the 1966 USGS map1966Babcock Ridge sheet · 1:24,000

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

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

CRESCENT BAR RECREATIONAL AREA AT TRINIDAD, ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER
Retake this viewCRESCENT BAR RECREATIONAL AREA AT TRINIDAD, ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER, 1973

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Crescent Bar’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Crescent Bar

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

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Mark LaneganAmerican singer · b. 1964
Brian ThompsonAmerican actor · b. 1959
Clarence GilyardAmerican actor · b. 1955
Pierson FodéAmerican actor and model · b. 1991
Tyler FarrarAmerican road bicycle racer · b. 1984
Byron BeckAmerican basketball player · b. 1945

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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), 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.