Emergency Biohazard Cleanup Near Downtown Daisetta Daisetta, TX

Daisetta is a small city in eastern Liberty County in Southeast Texas, about forty miles northwest of Beaumont.

Daisetta was founded as an oil-boom town after the discovery of the Hull oilfield in 1918, when the Republic Production Company brought in the field's first producing well; production leapt from 330,000 barrels in 1918 to eight million barrels in 1921.

Local businessman Newt Farris named the town for two early residents, Daisy Barrett and Etta White, combining their first names.

Daisetta's post office opened in 1921, and although a large fire virtually destroyed the town in 1924, it was rebuilt.

During the 1930s boom, Daisetta and neighboring Hull together held some 4,000 people, and cumulative production from the Hull field had passed 180 million barrels by 1984.

Daisetta sits directly on top of the Hull salt dome, a vast underground pillar of salt that drew the oil industry to the area.

Sinkholes have opened in Daisetta in 1969, 1981, and 2008 as the salt dome shifted; the 1981 sinkhole grew to 250 feet wide and 30 feet deep and is now a lake.

The May 2008 collapse - nicknamed the 'Sinkhole de Mayo' by residents - grew to about 600 by 525 feet and 150 feet deep, swallowing oil equipment and vehicles, and another sinkhole formed beside it in 2023.

The 2020 census counted 923 people in Daisetta, in 316 households and 269 families, with a median age of 33.8 years.

Daisetta is served by the Hull-Daisetta Independent School District and is home to the Hull-Daisetta High School Bobcats, and district residents are zoned to Lee College.