Editing Hallettsville, Texas (section)

==In popular culture==

Although the actual town involved in the real story of the "Chicken Ranch" is located a few miles north of Hallettsville on Highway 77, film makers chose the town's historic Lavaca County Courthouse square to serve as backdrop for the city scenes in ''[[The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (film)|The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas]]'', the 1982 musical starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton.

Hallettsville is also the featured location in the 2009 horror film titled ''Hallettsville'', which stars [[Gary Busey]] and [[Derek Lee Nixon]].

The town is mentioned in the [[Robert Earl Keen]] song "Armadillo Jackel" as the place where they pay $2.50 for dead armadillos.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.metrolyrics.com/the-armadillo-jackal-lyrics-robert-earl-keen.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124084751/http://www.metrolyrics.com/the-armadillo-jackal-lyrics-robert-earl-keen.html|archive-date=2018-01-24|url-status=unfit|title=The Armadillo Jackal Lyrics|publisher= Metro Lyrics|access-date= October 19, 2012}}</ref>

''Ripley's Believe It or Not!'' once called Hallettsville the "13 City" because in 1913 it had 13 letters in the name, a population of 1300, 13 churches, 13 newspapers, and even 13 saloons.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.lone-star.net/mall/txtrails/halletsville.htm|title= Hallettsville|publisher= lone-star.net |access-date= October 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.bastropia.com/communities/hallettsville/|title= Hallettsville|publisher= Bastropia|access-date= October 19, 2012|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080123053300/http://www.bastropia.com/communities/hallettsville/|archive-date= January 23, 2008}}</ref>

The town is also visited by [[Antoine de Maximy]] for the French TV show ''J'irais dormir chez vous'' (in English ''I'll Come Sleep in Your House''), during his journey in the United States.