Dull, Texas

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Dull is a populated place in La Salle County, Texas, United States.

History

Brothers James and Andrew Dull owned a large ranch in La Salle County in the late 1800s.{{cite web | last = Carson | first = David | title = The Old San Antonio Road in East La Salle County | publisher = Texascounties.net | date = July 20, 2015 | url = http://www.texascounties.net/articles/el-camino-real-de-los-tejas/osr-25-eastlasalle.htm}} Tracts of the ranch were sold when it closed in 1901, and the community of Dull—named after the ranch—was established in 1912 on one of those tracts.{{cite web | title = Dull, Texas | publisher = Texasescapes.com | url = http://www.texasescapes.com/SouthTexasTowns/DullTexas/DullTexas.htm | accessdate = June 4, 2020}}{{cite encyclopedia | last = Leffler | first = John | encyclopedia = Handbook of Texas Online | title = Dull, Tx | url = https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/HRDVZ | date = June 12, 2010}}

The settlement was located along the San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad. A post office—established in 1913—changed its name to "Nettaville" in 1915, and closed in 1919.

During the 1940s, oil from a nearby well was loaded onto tank cars at Dull and then shipped by rail.{{cite book | title = La Salle County | publisher = Arcadia | year = 2010 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=fjnmHmt8wFEC&pg=PP1 | pages = 8| isbn = 9780738579382 }}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in La Salle County, Texas

Category:Unincorporated communities in Texas