Half of Shoal Creek Drive’s homes were built after 1967
Most of Shoal Creek Drive was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1967. Below: maps from 1962 on and the census since 1950.
Peaked at 509 in 1990; 356 people lived here in 2020.
8 censuses, 1950–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Shoal Creek Drive’s Wikipedia page.
The story so far
Shoal Creek Drive, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Shoal Creek Drive yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Shoal Creek Drive is a village in Newton County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, Shoal Creek Drive had a population of 356. It is part of the Joplin, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 337 to 356 (+6%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
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.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Shoal Creek Drive. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1962Joplin West 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 Shoal Creek Drive.
Famous people
Famous people close to Shoal Creek Drive
Nobody well known was born in Shoal Creek Drive itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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 and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
