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HULL, TEXAS
Liberty County,
East
Texas
Farm Road 834
Farm Road 770
2 miles N of Daisetta
43 miles NW of Beaumont
Population: 1,800
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History in
a Pecan shell
The name was in honor of a railroad official - W. F. Hull.
It became a station on the Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway
and a post office was established in 1908. Hull was a railroad shipping
point for Daisetta and in 1918 oil was discovered and the town grew
predicably. The Doucette Lumber Company opened in 1919 which
provided building materials for the blossoming town.
The population of Hull was estimated to between 1,000 and 1,200 from
1920 to the late 1940s. |
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Photo
courtesy Ken Rudine, August 2007 |
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Photo
courtesy Ken Rudine, August 2007 |
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original Hull State Bank building still standing near the railroad
tracks, with the new bank building across the street. - Photo courtesy
Ken Rudine, August 2007 |
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