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History · Bull Lake

Half of Bull Lake’s homes were built after 1992

Most of Bull Lake was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1992. Below: maps from 1966 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Bull Lake’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 Lake are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Bull Lake, in brief

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

Bull Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lincoln County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bull Lake had a population of 180. It is in the southwestern part of the county, surrounding the lake of the same name. Montana Highway 56 runs along the east side of the lake, leading north 18 miles (29 km) to Troy in the Kootenay River valley and south 19 miles (31 km) to Montana Highway 200 in the Clark Fork valley. Bull Lake was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

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

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Bull Lake on the map, 1966 to 1997

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

Bull Lake on the 1966 USGS mapBull Lake on the 1983 USGS mapBull Lake on the 1997 USGS map1966Ibex Peak 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 Lake.

Famous people

Famous people close to Bull Lake

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

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Sarah PalinGovernor of Alaska from 2006 to 2009 · b. 1964
Marilynne RobinsonAmerican novelist and essayist · b. 1943
Nate HollandAmerican snowboarder · b. 1978
Joe MatherBaseball player from the United States · b. 1982
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Keith TowerAmerican basketball player · b. 1970
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Lucy Ann PolkBig Band singer · b. 1927

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.