Huff, Texas

Huff, Texas
Ghost town
Coordinates: 33°46′07″N 98°32′14″W / 33.76861°N 98.53722°W / 33.76861; -98.53722
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyArcher
Elevation
981 ft (299 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID1359791[1]

Huff (also known as Hufftown, and later as Huff Community) is a ghost town in northeastern Archer County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Huff lies adjacent to Lake Creek, 8 mi (13 km) south of Lakeside City, just east of Texas State Highway 79.[2]

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.[2]

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.[2]

Geography

Lakeside City is located at 33°46′07″N 98°32′14″W / 33.76861°N 98.53722°W / 33.76861; -98.53722 (33.830714,-98.538943).[3]

References

  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ^ a b c Minor, David. - Huff, Texas. - Handbook of Texas. - Retrieved: 2008-06-18
  3. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.

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