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HULL,
TEXASLiberty
County, East
Texas
Farm Road 834
Farm Road 770
2 miles N of Daisetta
43 miles NW of Beaumont
Population: 1,800 |
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. |
| | Hull
Masonic Lodge
Photo courtesy Ken
Rudine, August 2007 | |
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| | Hull
water tower
Photo courtesy Ken
Rudine, August 2007 | |
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| The
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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