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History in
a Pecan Shell
The community was named for the Dull Ranch of which it was once a
part. (See below)
The Dull Brothers sold their ranch in 1901 and the land sold in tracts.
Los Angeles and
Fowlerton were two other towns
formed by this break-up.
Dull was established in 1912 and granted a post office in 1913 The
townsfolk may have gotten some ridicule over their town's name - so
in 1915 they changed the name of the post office to "Nettaville" -
but that was short-lived. The post office closed in 1919 and they
were back to being Dull.
Dull's Ranch
15 miles E of Cotulla
Dull's Ranch had been known as Waugh's Rancho after William A. Waugh,
the first white settler in La Salle County. Waugh's ranch between
San Antonio and
Laredo became a stopping
place for travelers and so a store was opened. In 1879 a post office
called Waugh's Rancho was opened.
In the 1880s the ranch was bought by James and Andrew Dull, two brothers
from Pennsylvania.
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