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Welcome to Hulen ...

Hulen is located in Cotton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hulen, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Hulen is 1,080 feet [329 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Hulen: 580

Communities Also Named Hulen ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Hulen - it's located in Kentucky.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hulen.

Communities near Hulen ...

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

  • Lawton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Duncan
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Marlow
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Elgin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Elgin is located in Comanche County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,236 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <3>
  • Walters
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Comanche
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Geronimo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Central High
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Central High is located in Stephens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central High
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,171 people
  • Temple
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Empire City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Empire City is located in Stephens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 889 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 Hulen. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hulen.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hulen. 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 Hulen.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hulen ...

Looking for more information about Hulen? 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 Hulen, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hulen.

Adding Hulen to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hulen in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

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

From that list, the Hulen post office opened in 1901. The Hulen post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hulen.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Cotton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hulen - 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/