Newgulf, Texas
Newgulf (or New Gulf) is an unincorporated community in Wharton County, Texas, United States. Newgulf, founded as a company town for Texas Gulf Sulfur Company,[1][2] once boasted a population of over 1,500, but today is little more than a ghost town. Some downtown buildings remain as well as a few company houses, the country club clubhouse, and the massive twin smokestacks and building shell from the sulphur mine, which provide a glimpse of the town's history. Newgulf's functioning elementary school is part of the Boling Independent School District.
Newgulf Elementary School
New homes in Newgulf
Mostly empty tree-lined streets
Row of old company houses
Closed Texas Gulf Sulphur Company plant
References[]
- ^ "Newgulf, Texas". The Handbook of Texas online. Retrieved 2007-11-24.
- ^ Haynes, Williams (1959). Brimstone, The Stone That Burns. Princeton: D. Van Norstrand Company, Inc. pp. 123–124.
External links[]
- Newgulf, Texas
- HAIF's page on Newgulf
- Newgulf: From Sulfur Boomtown to Texas Ghost Town. Southern Methodist University Digital Collections
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Coordinates: 29°15′19″N 95°54′00″W / 29.25528°N 95.90000°W
- Unincorporated communities in Texas
- Unincorporated communities in Wharton County, Texas
- Company towns in Texas
- South Texas geography stubs