Official Name: | Dull, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Dull |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | La Salle |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 348 |
Coordinates: | 28.445°N -98.9311°W |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1378235 |
Dull is a populated place in La Salle County, Texas, United States.
Brothers James and Andrew Dull owned a large ranch in La Salle County in the late 1800s.[1] 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.[2] [3]
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.[2] [3]
During the 1940s, oil from a nearby well was loaded onto tank cars at Dull and then shipped by rail.[4]