Official Name: | Hope Hull, Alabama |
Pushpin Map: | Alabama#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Hope Hull |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Alabama |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Montgomery |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 207 |
Coordinates: | 32.27°N -86.3572°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 36043 |
Area Code: | 334 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 120350 |
Hope Hull, also known as McGehee's Switch, is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Alabama, United States, southwest of Montgomery.
It is home to the drive-through zoological park Alabama Safari Park.[1]
Hope Hull, a stop on the Mobile and Montgomery Railroad was originally known as McGehee's Switch in honor of local planter Abner W. McGehee. McGehee later changed the name of the community to Hope Hull, in honor of Rev. Hope Hull, a Methodist circuit rider he met while living in Georgia.[2] A post office operated under the name McGehee's from 1875 to 1877, and first began operation under the name Hope Hull in 1877.[3]
Hope Hull is home to Hooper Academy, and also the location of Tankersley Rosenwald School, which is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.