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
  1. "Newgulf, Texas". The Handbook of Texas online. Retrieved 2007-11-24.
  2. Haynes, Williams (1959). Brimstone, The Stone That Burns. Princeton: D. Van Norstrand Company, Inc. pp. 123–124.



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