Carl's Corner, TX

Carl's Corner is a town in Hill County, Texas, United States. The 2020 census counted 201 residents. The town was founded by, and named after, Carl Cornelius, a local truck stop owner and long-time friend of Willie Nelson. Cornelius founded the town for the purpose of legalizing alcohol sales in the otherwise mostly-dry county. Carl's Corner is served by the Itasca and Hillsboro Independent School Districts. The short version is that Carl's Corner carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Carl's Corner: its past remains attached to the places people use now. Cornelius' property adjacent to the truck stop was the site of several Willie Nelson Fourth of July concerts in the early 1980s. Carl's Corner is located in northeastern Hill County in the northern part of Central Texas. Interstate 35E runs through the town, with access from Exit 374.