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Welcome to Hulston ...

Hulston is located in Dade County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hulston, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Hulston is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Hulston lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Hulston: 417

Communities near Hulston ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hulston.

  • Stockton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Ash Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lockwood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Lockwood is located in Dade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
  • Walnut Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Miller
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Fair Play
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Morrisville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Everton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jerico Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jerico Springs is located in Cedar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerico Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Hulston. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hulston.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hulston. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hulston.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hulston. See our Newspapers Page for Hulston.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hulston ...

Looking for more information about Hulston? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Hulston, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hulston.

Adding Hulston to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hulston in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Hulston was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Hulston post office opened in 1895. The Hulston post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hulston.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Dade, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hulston - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/