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MULLIN,
TEXAS
Mills County, Texas
Hill Country
31°33'23"N 98°39'56"W (31.556394, -98.665468)
On Mullin Creek
US 84/183, and FM 573
10 miles N of Goldthwaite
m the county seat
ZIP code 76864
Area code 915
Population: 176 Est. (2019)
179 (2010) 175 (2000) 194 (1990)
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Mullin Main Street
in the 1900s
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MULLIN, TX
"Mullin, on
Mullin Creek, U.S. Highway 84/183, Farm Road 573, and the Santa Fe
line, ten miles north of Goldthwaite
in west central Mills
County, became a townsite with the construction of the Santa Fe
track through the area in the late 1880s. Both the creek and the town
were named for a pioneer family. Among the first businesses in the
area were a saloon and a hotel in 1885. Dr. W. D. Kirkpatrick donated
the townsite in return for the construction of the railroad through
the area. The population of Mullin was 100 in 1890; in 1894 the first
permanent schoolhouse was built. A gristmill and cotton gin were among
the early businesses. By 1910 the town had three churches, a bank,
a weekly newspaper named the Enterprise, and 750 residents. The population
fell to 558 by 1920 and 404 by 1947. In 1958 there were only two stores
left in the community. The population was 213 in 1980, 194 in 1990
and 175 in 2000."
- William R. Hunt, “Mullin, TX,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed
April 19, 2021, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/mullin-tx.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association. |
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Downtown
Mullin today
Photo courtesy Jim and Lou Kinsey, 9-04 |
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Mullin School
Photo courtesy Jim and Lou Kinsey, 9-04
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Post Office in Mullin
Photo courtesy Jim and Lou Kinsey, 9-04 |
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First Baptist Church
Photo courtesy Jim and Lou Kinsey, 9-04 |
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