Hope Hull, Alabama

Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States

32°16′12″N 86°21′26″W / 32.27000°N 86.35722°W / 32.27000; -86.35722CountryUnited StatesStateAlabamaCountyMontgomeryElevation

207 ft (63 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code

36043

Area code334GNIS feature ID120350^[1]

Hope Hull, also known as McGehee's Switch, is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Alabama, United States, southwest of Montgomery.

It is home to the drive-through zoological park Alabama Safari Park.^[2]

History

Hope Hull, a stop on the Mobile and Montgomery Railroad was originally known as McGehee's Switch in honor of local planter Abner W. McGehee. McGehee later changed the name of the community to Hope Hull, in honor of Rev. Hope Hull, a Methodist circuit rider he met while living in Georgia.^[3] A post office operated under the name McGehee's from 1875 to 1877, and first began operation under the name Hope Hull in 1877.^[4]

Hope Hull is home to Hooper Academy, and also the location of Tankersley Rosenwald School, which is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Notable people

Bibb Graves, Governor of Alabama from 1927 to 1931 and 1935 to 1939.
Lou Thornton, former outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays.
Lucille Times, civil rights activist.

References

Encyclopædia Britannica World Atlas, 1958 Edition, p. 72.

^ "Hope Hull". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "Home". alabamasafaripark.com.
^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 73. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
^ "Montgomery County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 18, 2015.