Acuff, Texas

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Acuff is an unincorporated farming community in northeastern Lubbock County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Lubbock Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Acuff area originally had its own school, but it merged with, and is currently served by, the Roosevelt Independent School District. The town was founded in 1891 and had a post office from 1903 to 1912. During the 1940s Baptists and Methodists shared the same church and the population swelled from (no figures available) to 50 people in the 1950s. The current estimated population is 30. The Maines family, of which Lloyd Maines and his daughter Natalie Maines are most notable, has its roots in the Acuff area.

The main crop in the area is cotton. The early settlers cleared the land from prairie grass and mesquite trees using plows pulled by mules. Most of the current landowners are the children and grandchildren of the original settlers.

[edit] References

1. http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasTowns/Acuff-Texas.htm
2. http://www.virtualubbock.com/intTerryAllen.html
3. http://www.virtualubbock.com/intLloydMaines.html

[edit] External links

• USGS GNIS: Acuff, Texas

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Coordinates: 33°35′42″N 101°37′13″W / 33.595°N 101.62028°W / 33.595; -101.62028

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