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Welcome to Hullt ...

So far, we found very little information about Hullt. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Hullt to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hullt, please Contact Us.


Hullt would have been located within present day Marion County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hullt, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Hullt is 1,490 feet [454 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Hullt was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Hullt ...

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

  • Salem
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Salem is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 175,891 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <4>
  • Silverton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Molalla
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Stayton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Aumsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Mount Angel
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Sublimity
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Gervais
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Turner
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Mill City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)

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 Hullt. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hullt.

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

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

Adding Hullt to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hullt 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 Hullt was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Hullt post office opened in 1891. The Hullt post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hullt.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hullt, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Marion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hullt - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/