Creston was founded in 1884 on the Rancho HuerhueroMexican land grant. Creston was home to Cardiff Stud Farm, a place once owned by Canadian-American television personalityAlex Trebek, and where a number of retired American thoroughbred racehorses were taken care of, including those below. Cardiff Stud Farm was sold in 2008 and is now an event center called Windfall Farms. An entity known as Cardiff Stud Farms still exists however, owned by Stephen Sahadi, but is situated in Atascadero, CA.
The 2010 United States Census reported that Creston had a population of 94. The population density was 165.3 people per square mile. The racial makeup of Creston was 89 White, 0 African American, 2 Native American, 1 Asian, 0 Pacific Islander, 0 from other races, and 2 from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6 persons. The Census reported that 94 people lived in households, 0 lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 were institutionalized. There were 36 households, out of which 15 had children under the age of 18 living in them, 20 were opposite-sex married couplesliving together, 3 had a female householder with no husband present, 3 had a male householder with no wife present. There were 3 unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 1 same-sex married couples or partnerships. 8 households were made up of individuals, and 2 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61. There were 26 families ; the average family size was 2.96. The population was spread out, with 22 people under the age of 18, 4 people aged 18 to 24, 28 people aged 25 to 44, 27 people aged 45 to 64, and 13 people who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 80.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.0 males. There were 39 housing units at an average density of 68.6 per square mile, of which 27 were owner-occupied, and 9 were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0%; the rental vacancy rate was 0%. 64 people lived in owner-occupied housing units and 30 people lived in rental housing units.