Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 39% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Below: maps from 1942 on and the census since 2000.
More historic than 39% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Bunker Hill is more historic than 39% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
Oregon towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Oregon town has 2.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Bunker Hill’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (18% of Oregon towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
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 →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bunker Hill’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bunker Hill yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Bunker Hill is a census-designated place (CDP) in Coos County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bunker Hill had a population of 1,465.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,444 in 2010, 1,465 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
2021U.S. Highway 101 gutter in Bunker Hill (Coos Bay)
2021U.S. 101 traffic congestion in Bunker Hill (Coos Bay)
2021U.S. 101 sidewalks in Bunker Hill (Coos Bay)
2013Bunker Hill Elementary
2005Aerial view of Bunker Hill, Oregon from the east in 2…
2005Aerial view - Bunker Hill area of Coos Bay with Isthm…Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Bunker Hill. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Bunker Hill.
Between 1,444 and 1,465 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Bunker Hill’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Bunker Hill itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Bunker Hill is more historic than 39% 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.
18% of Bunker Hill’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±12.0 points), against a typical 5.3% for an Oregon town; the median home was built in 1967.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 Wikimedia Commons (6), 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.
