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History · Bulpitt

Bulpitt’s post office opened in 1924, and 55% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1923 on and the census since 1920.

1924first post office
0on the National Register
55%homes built before 1940
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How Bulpitt began

When was Bulpitt founded?

1924

The Bulpitt post office opened in 1924, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 470 in 19202020 census: 212102 years
Founding year: the first Bulpitt post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Bulpitt’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Bulpitt are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Bulpitt’s homes were built before 1938.On the map since 19233 editions of the USGS map, 1923 to 1998. Watch Bulpitt change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bulpitt’s history is told.

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The story so far

Bulpitt, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bulpitt yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Bulpitt is a village in Christian County, Illinois, United States. The population was 212 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1924. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 222 to 212 (-5%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

On the map

Bulpitt on the map, 1923 to 1998

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Bulpitt. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Bulpitt on the 1923 USGS mapBulpitt on the 1982 USGS mapBulpitt on the 1998 USGS map1923Taylorville sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Bulpitt.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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People over time

Bulpitt, census by census

0100200300400500192019401960198020002020Peak: 470

Between 206 and 470 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Bulpitt’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

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Questions about Bulpitt’s history

What year was Bulpitt founded?

The Bulpitt post office opened in 1924, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.