Huff, Texas

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Huff, Texas
Ghost town
Archer Huff.svg
Coordinates: 33°46′07″N98°32′14″W / 33.76861°N 98.53722°W / 33.76861; -98.53722
Country United States
State Texas
County Archer
Elevation
981 ft (299 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID1359791 [1]

Huff (also known as Hufftown, and later as Huff Community) is a ghost town in northeastern Archer County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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Huff lies adjacent to Lake Creek, 8 mi (13 km) south of Lakeside City, just east of Texas State Highway 79. [2]

History

The town was named for Charles C. Huff, an attorney for the Wichita Falls and Southern Railway. In 1908, the railroad founded the town site as a switching site. Next to the tracks, they built a giant concrete cistern that held a rail tank car-full of water that the railroad hauled in for the community's source of fresh water. [2]

A post office operated at Huff from 1909 to 1913, as did a blacksmith shop, a general store, and a school. By 1936, only a school and some scattered dwellings remained. The town site became a gathering place for area cattle ranchers, using the old school as a community center. [2]

Geography

Lakeside City is located at 33°46′07″N98°32′14″W / 33.76861°N 98.53722°W / 33.76861; -98.53722 (33.830714,-98.538943). [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. 1 2 3 Minor, David. - Huff, Texas. - Handbook of Texas . - Retrieved: 2008-06-18
  3. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.

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