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Bock’s post office opened in 1892, and 46% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1968 on and the census since 1930.

1892first post office
0on the National Register
46%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Bock began

When was Bock founded?

1892

The Bock post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 109 in 19302020 census: 78134 years
Founding year: the first Bock post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Bock’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 Bock are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Bock’s homes were built before 1953.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bock’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story

How Bock came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Bock.

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A post office called Bock was established in 1892. Bock was named by railroad officials.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Bock, decade by decade

Today3 recent
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On the map

Bock on the map in 1968

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Bock.

Bock on the 1968 USGS map1968Bock sheet · 1:24,000

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

People over time

Bock, census by census

010019401960198020002020Peak: 125

Between 78 and 125 people in every census since 1930.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

Questions about Bock’s history

What year was Bock founded?

The Bock post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (3), Wikipedia, 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.