Bandera County
Bandera County (Spanish: "flag", ) is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located in the Texas Hill Country, Hill Country and its county seat is Bandera, Texas, Bandera.
As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 ...
Texas Hill Country
The Texas Hill Country is a geographic region of Central and South Texas, forming the southeast part of the Edwards Plateau. Given its location, climate, terrain, and vegetation, the Hill Country can be considered the border between the Ameri ...
Tuff also went by the name of Crockett. A post office was established at Tuff in 1901 and remained in operation until 1926, with Ola Adams as postmistress. Mail was then sent to the community from the Medina post office. It had a general store and 50 residents in 1914, which went down to 10 by 1925. Tuff was not shown on county maps in the 1940s, but log cabins were renovated in the 1990s. The community became a ghost town by 2000.
Geography
Tuff is located west of
Bandera
Bandera - from a Spanish word meaning a ''flag'' - may refer to:
Places
* Bandera County, Texas
** Bandera, Texas, its county seat
** Bandera Creek, a river in Texas, with its source near Bandera Pass
** Bandera Pass, a mountain pass in Bandera C ...
in western Bandera County.
Education
The community's first school was built on a land grant donated by Andy Crockett in 1883. It joined the
Medina Independent School District
Medina Independent School District is a public school district based in the community of Medina, Texas (USA). Located in Bandera County, a small portion of the district extends into Kerr County.
In 2009, the school district was rated "academi ...
in 1930. The community continues to be served by the Medina ISD today.