Huff, Texas
Huff lies adjacent to Lake Creek, 8 mi (13 km) south of Lakeside City, just east of Texas State Highway 79.
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.
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.
Geography
Lakeside City is located at 33°46′07″N 98°32′14″W / 33.76861°N 98.53722°W (33.830714,-98.538943).
References
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Minor, David. - Huff, Texas. - Handbook of Texas. - Retrieved: 2008-06-18
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
Further reading
- Loftin, Jack, and the Archer County Historical Commission, (1979). - Trails Through Archer: A Centennial History, 1880-1980. - Burnet, Texas: Nortex Press/Eakin Publications. - ISBN 0-89015-227-6
- O'Keefe, Ruth Jones, (1969). - Archer County Pioneers: A History of Archer County. - Hereford, Texas: Pioneer Book Publishers. - OCLC 866802