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'''Bulcher''' is a small unincorporated community in far northwestern Cooke County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, only six people lived in the community in 2000. It is located within the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
==History== John A. Dennis and his family are credited with being the first homesteaders in the area when they relocated to the site in 1872. Subsequent settlers included Matthew A. Morris, the postmaster upon the establishment of the post office in 1874, and John Scanland, who gave land for the Scanland Cemetery east and south of Bulcher. William H. Cox was another early inhabitant who constructed a cotton gin in Bulcher in 1875. The population stayed relatively steady at 250 until June 24, 1926, when oil was discovered nearby. Following the ensuing boom, Bulcher started its decline. In 1933, 40 people were living in the village; by 1986, there were 60. The community's population was unknown in the early 1990s, but in 2000 it was reported to only be six.<ref name="Handbook">{{Handbook of Texas|id=hnb98 |name=Bulcher, TX}}</ref>
On May 7, 1995, an F3 tornado struck Bulcher.<ref>{{cite journal|editor-last=Goodge|editor-first=Grant W.|title=Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena|journal=Storm Data|volume=37|issue=5|year=1995|pages=9–243}}</ref>
Bulcher is host to the annual Last Man Standing rough-terrain motorcycle race. Polish motorcyclist Tadeusz Błażusiak won the race in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://racerxonline.com/2009/04/30/red-bull-last-man-standing-wins-xtremey-award|title=Red Bull Last Man Standing Wins Xtremey Award - Racer X Online|website=Red Bull Last Man Standing Wins Xtremey Award - Racer X Online|access-date=2016-09-12}}</ref>
On July 28, 1921, Bulcher had a branch of the Cooke County Library in its vicinity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc699582/|title=A History of the Cooke County Library, Gainesville, Texas, thesis|last=Self|first=Hazel|date=1945-05-01|website=University of North Texas, Digital Library, digital.library.unt.edu|access-date=2017-12-07}}</ref>
Bulcher has two cemeteries per the Texas Department of Transportation; Shiloh, about 2.5 miles east, and Coker, about one mile southwest. Two other early settlers were Frederick and Charles Hyman from Germany.<ref name="Texas Escapes"/>
==Geography== Bulcher is located on Farm to Market Road 373, {{convert|27|mi|km|abbr=on}} northwest of Gainesville, {{convert|10|mi|km|abbr=on}} northeast of Saint Jo, and {{convert|15|mi|km|abbr=on}} northwest of Muenster in northwestern Cooke County. It is also five miles south of the Red River,<ref name="Texas Escapes">{{cite web | url= http://www.texasescapes.com/CentralTexasTownsNorth/BulcherTexas/BulcherTexas.htm | title= Bulcher, Texas | publisher = Texas Escapes Online Magazine | date= | accessdate = 2024-07-02}}</ref> and is on Farm to Market Road 2382.<ref>{{Texas Mapbook|page=371|year=2018|link=no|access-date=December 22, 2022}}</ref>
==Education== Today, the community is served by the Saint Jo Independent School District.
==Notable person== * Foster Whaley, member of the Texas House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lrl.texas.gov/legeLeaders/members/memberdisplay.cfm?memberID=423 |title=Foster Whaley |publisher=Lrl.texas.gov |date= |accessdate=2019-06-12}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
{{Cooke County, Texas}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Texas Category:Unincorporated communities in Cooke County, Texas