Huff (also known as Hufftown, and later as Huff Community) is a
ghost town
A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi ...
in northeastern
Archer County, Texas
Archer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 8,560. Its county seat is Archer City. It is part of the Wichita Falls metropolitan statistical area.
History
In 1858, the Texas Leg ...
, United States. It is part of the
Wichita Falls, Texas
Wichita Falls ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is the principal city of the Wichita Falls metropolitan area, Wichita Falls metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of Archer County, Tex ...
Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Huff lies adjacent to Lake Creek, south of
Lakeside City, just east of
Texas State Highway 79
State Highway 79 (SH 79) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Texas that runs from Throckmorton to the Oklahoma state line near Byers.
Route description
SH 79 begins at an intersection with US 183/ US 283 in Th ...
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Huff, Texas
- ''Handbook of Texas
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''. - Retrieved: 2008-06-18
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.
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.
Geography
Lakeside City is located at (33.830714,-98.538943).
References
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. -
* O'Keefe, Ruth Jones, (1969). - ''Archer County Pioneers: A History of Archer County''. - Hereford, Texas: Pioneer Book Publishers. - OCLC 866802
External links
Huff, Texas- ''
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Populated places in Archer County, Texas
Wichita Falls metropolitan area
Ghost towns in North Texas