| Bull Creek | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Florida |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Osceola |
Bull Creek is a rural unincorporated community in Osceola County, Florida, United States. It is located approximately 7miles east of Holopaw and 30miles west of Melbourne.
Bull Creek is part of the Orlando - Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The community name derives from Bull Creek and the Bull Creek Wildlife Management Area that borders it. It is in the Eastern Standard time zone. Elevation is 65feet.
The latitude of Bull Creek is 28.093N. The longitude is -80.976W.
George W. Hopkins purchased 104000acres in east-central Florida in 1902, including what would become Bull Creek. Hopkins build a small railroad to move timber, mostly Cypress to his sawmill in Melbourne, the area was heavily logged from 1912 until 1928. Cypress is still being harvested from the area surrounding Bull Creek but the trees are smaller and used mostly for mulch.
In 1967, were purchased by the state for flood control, the Bull Creek area feeds the Saint Johns River and a large levee was built to control the water released into the river. In 1970, the state-owned land was leased to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) to be used as a wildlife management area (WMA).[1] The Bull Creek WMA was renamed for former Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission chairman Hershey A. “Herky” Huffman (1937-2011),[2] a native Floridian, avid outdoorsman and a staunch environmentalist.[3]
The population of Bull Creek consists of less than 100 mostly working-class families who prefer a rural lifestyle.
Zoning is agricultural with no more than one single-family home per 5acres allowed, agricultural land can be used for conservation, cattle, timber and other agricultural uses.
Bull Creek WMA offers more than 23000acres of recreational land, open to the public year round for hiking, horseback riding, and viewing wildlife. Fishing at Billy Lake, Crabgrass Creek and Bull Creek is common and when in season deer, hog, turkey and small game hunting is available.