Half of Shoal Creek Estates’ homes were built after 1976
Most of Shoal Creek Estates was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: maps from 1963 on and the census since 1980.
Lost two-thirds of its people between 1980 and 1990, then grew 5-fold.
5 censuses, 1980–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Shoal Creek Estates’ Wikipedia page.
The story so far
Shoal Creek Estates, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Shoal Creek Estates yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Shoal Creek Estates is a village in Newton County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, Shoal Creek Estates had a population of 107. It is part of the Joplin, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 96 to 107 (+11%).
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 Estates. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1963Joplin East 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 Estates.
Famous people
Famous people close to Shoal Creek Estates
Nobody well known was born in Shoal Creek Estates 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, 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.
