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History · Mountain View Acres

Mountain View Acres’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Mountain View Acres. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Mountain View Acres is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Victor Valley of the Mojave Desert, within San Bernardino County, California. As of the 2020 census, Mountain View Acres had a population of 3,337.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 3,130 to 3,337 (+7%). Half of its homes were built before 1984.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mountain View Acres yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mountain View Acres’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Mountain View Acres

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Gene HackmanGene HackmanSan Bernardino · 25 miSWShailene WoodleySan Bernardino · 25 miTravis BarkerTravis BarkerFontana · 28 miJeanne CrainJeanne CrainBarstow · 31 miLaKeith StanfieldLaKeith StanfieldSan Bernardino · 25 miCarlos BocanegraCarlos BocanegraUpland · 32 mi
By decade

Mountain View Acres, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Mountain View Acres is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mountain View Acres has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Shady Point in Lake Arrowhead, 18.7 miles away.

Mountain View Acres and the nearest listed places

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Shady Point

Closest to Mountain View Acres

Shady PointLake Arrowhead · Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals18.7mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Shady Point’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Mountain View Acres?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Mountain View Acres’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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📜 Victorville📜 Hesperia📜 Adelanto📜 Apple Valley
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