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History · Marine View

Half of Marine View’s homes were built after 1995

Most of Marine View was built recently: 0.6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1995. Below: maps from 1923 on.

0on the National Register
0.6%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Marine View’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 Marine View are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19234 editions of the USGS map, 1923 to 1986. Watch Marine View change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Marine View’s history is told.

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On the map

Marine View on the map, 1923 to 1986

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

Marine View on the 1923 USGS mapMarine View on the 1951 USGS mapMarine View on the 1965 USGS mapMarine View on the 1986 USGS map1923Corfu 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 Marine View.

The story so far

Marine View, in brief

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

Marine View is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grant County, Washington, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 405. The CDP is in the southeast part of the county, at the northern base of the Frenchman Hills, on the south side of Washington State Route 262. Potholes Reservoir and Potholes State Park are to the north across the state highway. Othello is 24 miles (39 km) east and south by state highway, and Moses Lake is 18 miles (29 km) east and north.

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 Marine View

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

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Clarence GilyardAmerican actor · b. 1955
Pierson FodéAmerican actor and model · b. 1991
ValkyraeAmerican video game streamer · b. 1992
Davey RichardsAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1983
Joseph J. TysonAmerican Catholic prelate · b. 1957
Bill CrowAmerican bassist · b. 1927

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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.