Port Hadlock: What’s in a name? The Hadlocks of Texas find connection to Jefferson County town

Published 12:01 am Tuesday, July 22, 2003

PORT HADLOCK — Where do people named Hadlock go on vacation?

They go to the town that bears their name, where they end up as guests of honor in a community parade.

“It was great, great fun,” said Steve Hadlock of Houston.

Hadlock, a deputy constable in Harris County, Texas, was looking for his name on an Internet search engine when he came across a reference to last weekend’s Hadlock Days in Port Hadlock.

Deciding to plan a family vacation around the community festival, he and his wife, Louella, a Houston banker, e-mailed — who else? — Hadlock Realty.

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The rest of the story appears in the Tuesday Peninsula Daily News Jefferson County edition.