HULVER, TEXAS

Texas Ghost Town
Hall County, Texas Panhandle

4 Miles S of the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River
Just S of Hwy 86 on CR 24
6 Miles W of Estelline
21 Miles NW of Childress
S of Memphis
Population: 0

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Hulver Cemetery established 1903
Photo courtesy Dusty Martin, May 2018

History in a Pecan Shell

Hulver was Hall County’s first post office south of the river. Opened in 1891, the post office was named for the middle name of William Hulver Meador of nearby Newlin, Texas.

Hulver was the site of the Mount Nebo school, also the first (school) south of the river. The post office closed in 1898. It reopened about twelve years later and closed for good in 1920. Hulver’s school closed in 1930.

Although earlier estimates are unavailable, by 1947 there were around 20 residents served by a single store. By the 1980s only a cemetery was left at the former townsite.

Hulver Cemetery
Photo courtesy Dusty Martin, May 2018

Tombstone of Mr. & Mrs C.L. Sloran Sr. who homesteaded here in 1889
Photo courtesy Dusty Martin, May 2018
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Abandoned farm house
Photo courtesy Dusty Martin, May 2018

Cotton gin in Hulver
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Photo courtesy Dusty Martin, May 2018
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Hulver TX - Hall County 1983 Postmark info

Cover canceled with Hulver TX1983 postmark
Courtesy The John J. Germann Collection

1920s Hall County map showing Hulver
S of Prairie Dog Fork of the Red River
SW of Memphis
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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Childress
See Hall County

Texas Panhandle

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