Huffman is an
unincorporated community
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of northeastern
Harris County,
Texas
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within the
Houston, Baytown metropolitan area.
Location
The Huffman community is centered on Farm to Market Roads
2100 and
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
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,
northeast of
Downtown Houston
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in the piney woods of southeastern
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
. David Huffman, a native of Louisiana, came to Texas to fight against Mexico during the
Texas Revolution.
In the early years, the economy was driven by farming with primary crops being cotton, rice and corn as well as ranching and logging. A post office was established at the community in 1888, and two
blacksmith
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shops were operating here by 1892. The
Beaumont
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, Sour Lake and Western Railway came through the community in the early 1900s. By 1914 the town reported two general stores and a population of 250. The construction and operation of the
Sinclair Oil
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pump station in 1921 added to the economy. The 1936 county highway map showed a church and cemetery at the townsite. In 1953,
Lake Houston
Lake Houston is a reservoir on the San Jacinto River, 15 miles (24 km) northeast of downtown Houston, Texas, United States. The reservoir is the primary municipal water supply for the city of Houston.
Location and creation
Situated between ...
was opened as a recreational lake and still serves the area today with boating, water skiing and jetting, fishing and sailing.
Huffman covers about and houses approximately 12,000 citizens.
Huffman is a community consisting largely of subdivisions, scattered farms, apartments, and small businesses.
Media
Huffman has two community newspapers: ''
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* ''The Tribune'' (San Luis Obispo)
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'' and ''
The Lake Houston Observer
''The Lake Houston Observer'' is a weekly community newspaper serving the Crosby, Texas, Crosby and Huffman, Texas, Huffman communities in northeast Harris County, Texas, United States.
It was owned by ASP Westward LP until 2012, when it was acqu ...
''. The metro newspaper is the ''
Houston Chronicle
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''.
Education
Primary and secondary public schools
The
Huffman Independent School District
Huffman Independent School District is a public school district based in Huffman—an unincorporated area of northeastern Harris County, Texas ( USA) within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area.
Huffman ISD serves a s ...
is named after the community and, up to 2007, served the area with four schools: Ben Bowen Elementary, Copeland Intermediate, Falcon Ridge Elementary, Huffman Middle School, and Hargrave High School. Since the construction of a new Hargrave High School campus and the renovations of the old middle school, which moved to the old high school campus, the five schools were renamed as follows:
# Ben Bowen Early Childhood Center
# Huffman Elementary School
# Falcon Ridge Elementary School
# Huffman Middle School
#
Willie J. Hargrave High School
Public libraries
Harris County Public Library
Harris County Public Library (HCPL) is a public library system serving Harris County, Texas, United States.
Since its inception in 1921, HCPL has grown from a system of small book stations in homes, stores and post offices to 26 branch librarie ...
operates the nearby Atascocita Library.
Community college
Residents of Huffman ISD are zoned to
Lee College
Lee College is a public community college in Baytown, Texas. Lee College's main campus occupies near downtown Baytown and extension campuses throughout its service area. The school has an enrollment of over 7,773 total students as of Fall 2018. ...
.
Subdivisions
The Commons Of Lake Houston
Fairway crossings
Idleloch
River Terrace
Cypress point
Huffman Hills
WildWood Hilltop
Tayme Ranchettes
Plantation
Rolling Creek Acres
Pine Way Estates
Fairway Crossing At Lake Houston
Lazy Pines
Lochshire
Last Stand
Huffman Hollow
Lake Houston
Forest Manor
Spanish Cove
Saddle Creek Farms
Lakewood Heights
Woodland Lakes
Government and infrastructure
The
United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the U ...
operates the Huffman Post Office at 24936
Farm to Market Road 2100
A farm (also called an Agriculture, agricultural holding) is an area of land that is devoted primarily to Agriculture, agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops; it is the basic facility in food produ ...
Konstantin Savvon is the Mayor of Huffman TX.
Harris Health System
The Harris Health System, previously the Harris County Hospital District (HCHD), is a governmental entity with taxing authority that owns and operates three hospitals and numerous clinics throughout Harris County, Texas, United States, includin ...
(formerly Harris County Hospital District) designated E.A. "Squatty" Lyons Medical Center in
Humble for ZIP code 77336. The nearest public hospital is
Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital may refer to:
* Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center in American Samoa
* Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital of the Harris Health System
The Harris Health System, previously the Harris County Hospital District (HCH ...
in northeast Houston.
Parks and recreation
Harris County Precinct 2 operates the I.T. May Park at 2100 Wolf Road. The park includes eight lighted
baseball
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fields, two lighted
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
fields, concession stands, barbecue pits, picnic areas, two playgrounds, a paved quarter-mile walking trail, and restroom facilities. The park also includes the May Community Center.
Historic
Huffman is the home to a 347 year old Heritage Live Oak tree. The Huffman Heritage Live Oak reached 75 feet tall with a crown spread of 135 feet in 1989, surpassing the Texas State Forestry Champion Live Oak at Goose Island State Park at Rockport in two of the three criteria. (Goose Island Oak is larger in girth of trunk). The Texas Forestry Service determined the Huffman Heritage Live Oak to be 314 years in 1989, verifying its witness to hundreds of years of Texas history.
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Unincorporated communities in Harris County, Texas
Unincorporated communities in Texas