[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.68 square miles (1.76 km2), all of it land.

Additionally, A. D. Bass operated a large sawmill in the southern part of the village.

Perhaps the most famous person to come out of the Village of Curtiss was Army Colonel Franklin Matthias, who oversaw the construction and early operation of the Hanford Site during World War II.

The young Colonel Matthias was so proud of his work that he accompanied the first plutonium produced at Hanford to Los Alamos.

[citation needed] On June 8, 1905, a hail storm damaged nearly every building in the village.

[9] On October 15, 1974, Curtiss was the site of a protest by the National Farmers Organization (NFO).

At the time, veal calves were selling for $0.17 per pound, resulting in a net loss to the farmer due to high feed costs.

Public backlash against the NFO and the protest was great, with President Ford weighing in to call it "shocking and senseless.

"[10] In 1976, the US EPA aided the village with a grant to establish a municipal sewer and water system.

The racial makeup of the village was 64.65% White, 0.51% Native American, 1.01% Asian, 33.84% from other races.