Tuff, Texas

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Tuff, Texas
Ghost town
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Tuff
Coordinates: 29°46′09″N99°24′13″W / 29.76917°N 99.40361°W / 29.76917; -99.40361
Country United States
State Texas
County Bandera
Elevation
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1,759 ft (536 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 830
GNIS feature ID1380682 [1]

Tuff is a ghost town in Bandera County, in the U.S. state of Texas, in the Texas Hill Country, which is part of the Edwards Plateau. [1] It is considered part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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History

Tuff also went by the name of Crockett. A post office, run by Ola Adams, was established at Tuff in 1901 and remained in operation until 1926. Mail would then be re-routed through Medina. By the twenty-first century, Tuff had turned into a ghost town. [2]

During the 1990s, some of the former cabins were restored in an attempt to turn the town into a museum. [2]

Geography

Tuff is located 25 mi (40 km) west of Bandera in western Bandera County. [2]

Education

The community's first school was built in 1883. It joined the Medina Independent School District in 1930. [2] The community continues to be served by the Medina ISD today.

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tuff, Texas
  2. 1 2 3 4 Smyrl, Vivian Elizabeth (June 1, 1995). "Tuff, TX". tshaonline.org.
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