Acuff, Texas
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Acuff, Texas
| native_name =
| settlement_type = Unincorporated community
| image_skyline = Acuff Texas 2012.png
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Downtown Acuff, Texas
| map_caption =
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| pushpin_relief = yes
| pushpin_label = Acuff
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt = Map of Texas
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| coordinates = {{coord|33|35|42|N|101|37|13|W|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint =
| coordinates_footnotes = {{cite gnis|id=1379313|name= Acuff}}
| 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_footnotes =
| population_total = 30
| population_as_of = 2010
| timezone1 = CST
| utc_offset1 = -6
| timezone1_DST =
| utc_offset1_DST =
| postal_code_type = ZIP code
| postal_code = 79403
| area_code_type = Area code
| area_code = 806
| website = {{URL|www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hna06|Handbook of Texas}}
| footnotes =
}}
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.
History
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.{{Handbook of Texas|id=hna06 |name=Acuff, TX}}
{{Demography
| 1930 = 25
| 1940 = 25
| 1950 = 50
| 1960 = 50
| 1990 = 30
}}
Geography
Acuff is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 40 and 789, {{convert|10|mi|km|abbr=on}} east of Lubbock in east-central Lubbock County.
Education
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.
Notable people
References
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{{Lubbock County, Texas}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Texas
Category:Unincorporated communities in Lubbock County, Texas
Category:Lubbock metropolitan area
Category:1891 establishments in Texas
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