Which ice-cream company began in 1907 as the Brenham Creamery Company?

Blue Bell Creameries began in 1907 as the Brenham Creamery Company.

The creamery was established in Brenham, Texas, by local farmers who wanted to process and sell surplus milk. It initially produced butter and other dairy products rather than operating solely as an ice-cream company. The business later expanded into ice cream and adopted the Blue Bell name in 1930.

The name came from the bluebell flower, which grows in Texas. Blue Bell eventually became particularly associated with the American South and Southwest, where its products were distributed through a regional network before the company expanded farther.

A common mistake is to assume that Blue Bell was founded under its current name. The 1907 founding date belongs to the Brenham Creamery Company, while “Blue Bell Creameries” was adopted later. The company's history therefore contains two useful dates: its original establishment in 1907 and its renaming in 1930.