Official Name: | Lutie, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Lutie |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Collingsworth |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 2,231 |
Coordinates: | 35.0231°N -100.2225°W |
Area Code: | 806 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1361984 |
Lutie is an unincorporated community in Collingsworth County, in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 35 in 1990.
The population went down to only ten in 2000 through 2010.
On May 5, 2007, an EF0 tornado struck Lutie. Local law enforcement observed the tornado over open fields.[1] A few minutes later, storm chasers observed an F1 tornado that largely remained over open fields.[2] On May 16, 2017, an EF0 tornado struck Lutie. This brief tornado remained over open country and caused no damage.[3]
Lutie is located at the intersection of Texas State Highway 86, Farm to Market Road 1439 and U.S. Route 83, 13miles south of Shamrock, 12miles north of Wellington, 42miles north of Childress, and 95miles east of Amarillo in central Collingsworth County.[4]
The Pleasant Valley Independent School District was established in Lutie in 1908 and had two teachers in 1925. Today, the community is served by the Wellington Independent School District.