Hope Hull, Alabama

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

Hope Hull, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 32°16′12″N 86°21′26″W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Montgomery
Elevation	207 ft (63 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	36043
Area code	334
GNIS feature ID	120350[1]

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.^{[citation needed]}

Notable people

• Bibb Graves, Governor of Alabama from 1927 to 1931 and 1935 to 1939.
• Ella Langley, country music singer-songwriter.
• Lou Thornton, former outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays.
• Lucille Times, civil rights activist.