Crescent, Idaho

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Crescent is an unincorporated community in Latah County, in the U.S. state of Idaho. [1]

History

A post office called Crescent was established in 1895, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1930. [2] The community reportedly once had a bedbug problem so severe, the also infested church was known locally as "Bedbug Church". [3]

Crescent's population was 47 in 1909. [4]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crescent, Idaho
  2. "Latah County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on May 23, 2015. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
  3. "Ghost towns of Latah County". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. May 13, 1988. p. 25. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
  4. Davis, Ellis A. (1909). Davis' New Commercial Encyclopedia: Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, the Pacific Northwest. Ellis A. Davis. p. 189.

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