Acuff, Texas | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Label: | Acuff |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Texas |
Coordinates: | 33.595°N -101.6203°W |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Lubbock |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Llano Estacado |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1891 |
Founder: | Michael S. Acuff |
Unit Pref: | US |
Elevation Ft: | 3140 |
Population Total: | 30 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Timezone1: | CST |
Utc Offset1: | -6 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 79403 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 806 |
Acuff is an unincorporated farming community in northeastern Lubbock County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 30 in 2000. It is part of the Lubbock metropolitan area.
The community was named for a local man, Michael S. Acuff. A post office operated in Acuff from 1903 to 1912. Baptist and Methodist services were held in the same church building in the 1940s.
Acuff is close to the Lubbock International Dragway.
Acuff is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 40 and 789, 10miles east of Lubbock in east-central Lubbock County.
The first school at Acuff was built in 1902 and the second was built in 1924. The community was incorporated into the Roosevelt Independent School District in 1947.