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History · Bull Creek

Bull Creek was first counted by the census in 2000

Most of Bull Creek was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2004. Below: maps from 1956 on and the census since 2000.

2000first census
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Bull Creek began

When was Bull Creek founded?

2000

Bull Creek first appears in the census in 2000.

First census: 225 in 20002020 census: 42626 years
Founding year: the first census.

What stands out about Bull Creek’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 Bull Creek are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 603 in 2010; 426 people lived here in 2020.
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Start Bull Creek’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bull Creek’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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People over time

Bull Creek, census by census

010020030040050060020002020Peak: 603

Peaked at 603 in 2010; 426 people lived here in 2020.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

The story so far

Bull Creek, in brief

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

Bull Creek is a village in northwest Taney County, Missouri, United States. The population was 426 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Branson, Missouri Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 2000. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 603 to 426 (-29%).

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

By decade

Bull Creek, decade by decade

Today1 recent
MOMap-doton-Bull Creek2004MOMap-doton-Bull Creek
On the map

Bull Creek on the map, 1956 to 1981

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

Bull Creek on the 1956 USGS mapBull Creek on the 1981 USGS map1956Branson 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 Bull Creek.

Famous people

Famous people close to Bull Creek

Nobody well known was born in Bull Creek itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Dalton RisnerAmerican football offensive guard · b. 1995
Dewey Jackson ShortU.S. politician · b. 1898
Mickey OwenAmerican MLB catcher · b. 1916
William T. TyndallAmerican politician · b. 1862
Dean DeetzBaseball player · b. 1993
George BlackburnAmerican baseball player · b. 1871

Questions about Bull Creek’s history

What year was Bull Creek founded?

The Bull Creek post office opened in 2000, 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 (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.