Most of Fremont Hills was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2005. Below: maps from 1884 on and the census since 1990.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Fremont Hills is more historic than 2% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Fremont Hills’ overall grade.
Missouri towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Missouri town has 2.4 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Fremont Hills’ 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Missouri towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±2.3 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Fremont Hills’ past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fremont Hills yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Fremont Hills is a city in southwestern Missouri in the heart of the Ozarks. It is named after General John C. Fremont, who did some of the first surveys in the area as early as 1845. Located in Christian County, Missouri, it is situated just west of the CC & 65 highway interchange, one of the main highways to Branson, Missouri. Christian County is one of the fastest growing counties in the state. Home to one of premiere golf courses in the area with a recreational area, pool, bar/restaurant at the Fremont Hills Country Club. [1] The city is a golf community where you will see golf carts on the tree lined streets about as often as you do cars. The city is ranked 324 in the state by size in.…
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 826 to 1,049 (+27%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Fremont Hills, 1882 to 1934
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Fremont Hills. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1884Springfield sheet · 1:125,000
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Fremont Hills.
People over time
Fremont Hills, census by census
Grew from 201 people in 1990 to 1,049 in 2020, 5 times over.
4 censuses, 1990–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Fremont Hills’ Wikipedia page.
Famous people
Famous people close to Fremont Hills
Nobody well known was born in Fremont Hills itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Fremont Hills is more historic than 2% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Fremont Hills?
0.0% of Fremont Hills’ homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.3 points), against a typical 8.4% for a Missouri town; the median home was built in 2005.
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).
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.
