The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMountain View is a census designated place (CDP) in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The population was 2,622 at the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,372 to 2,622 (+11%). Half of its homes were built before 1949.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mountain View 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.
Start Mountain View’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mountain View’s history is told.
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Mountain View, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Mountain View is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mountain View has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Martinez Grammar School Annex in Martinez, 1.1 miles away.
Mountain View and the nearest listed places
Closest to Mountain View
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.