Bunceton’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Bunceton. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Bunceton was laid out and platted in 1868. The city was named for Harvey Bunce, an early county resident. A post office has been in operation at Bunceton since 1868. In 1980, Bunceton elected the United States' first openly gay mayor, Gerald Ulrich.
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Start Bunceton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bunceton’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo4 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewDick's Mill Bridge, Spanning Moni…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Bunceton, decade by decade
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unknown4 items
Nothing in Bunceton is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Bunceton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Ravenswood in Bunceton, 3.1 miles away.
Bunceton and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Dick's Mill Bridge, Spanning Moniteau Creek and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.