Bula ( ) is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
Bailey County,
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
, United States. According to the
Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 35 in 2000.
History
The community of Bula was established in 1924 and was originally given the name Newsome for W.B. Newsome. He and his brother, Tom, sold their ranch and divided it into of farms in 1924-25. Due to a conflict with another Texas
post office with the same name, the name was changed to Bula in 1925. It was given this name in honor of either Bula Maude Oakes, who was a daughter of
Methodist
Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's ...
preacher Roma A. Oakes, or Bula Thorn, who was the wife of the community's first postmaster, William H. Thorn. Bula had a cotton gin in 1929 but never grew significantly. By 1980, the population had risen to only 105, then dropped to 35 in 2000.
Although it is unincorporated, Bula has a post office, with the ZIP code of 79324.
Zip Code Lookup
/ref>
Geography
Bula is located on the level plains of the Llano Estacado in the southeast corner of Bailey County, about southeast of the county seat of Muleshoe, and east of the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge. It is located on Farm to Market Roads 54 and 37, to the west of Littlefield, the county seat of Lamb County. It is also located northwest of Lubbock
Lubbock ( )
is the 10th-most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of government of Lubbock County. With a population of 260,993 in 2021, the city is also the 85th-most populous in the United States. The city is in the northw ...
, south of Circle Back, and southeast of Needmore.
Education
Bula had a school in 1925, which later moved and then closed in 1975.[ The school then burned sometime after.]
See also
* Eastern New Mexico
* Llano Estacado
* Needmore
*Pep
Pep is energy or high spirits; it may refer to:
* Pep band, an ensemble of instrumentalists
* Pep, the dog in ''Putt-Putt'' (series)
* Neilson Dairy confectionery brand
* Pep, New Mexico
* Pep, Texas
* Pep Cereal, by Kellogg
* Pep Comics, by MLJ ...
*Texas Panhandle
The Texas Panhandle is a region of the U.S. state of Texas consisting of the northernmost 26 counties in the state. The panhandle is a square-shaped area bordered by New Mexico to the west and Oklahoma to the north and east. It is adjacent to ...
*West Texas
West Texas is a loosely defined region in the U.S. state of Texas, generally encompassing the arid and semiarid lands west of a line drawn between the cities of Wichita Falls, Abilene, and Del Rio.
No consensus exists on the boundary betwee ...
References
External links
*
Public domain photos of the Llano Estacado
Unincorporated communities in Bailey County, Texas
Unincorporated communities in Texas
{{BaileyCountyTX-geo-stub