Acuff is an unincorporated farming community in northeastern

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, United States. According to the

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, the community had a population of 30 in 2000. It is part of the

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History

The community was named for a local man, Michael S. Acuff. A post office operated in Acuff from 1903 to 1912.

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and

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services were held in the same church building in the 1940s. Acuff is close to the Lubbock International Dragway.

Geography

Acuff is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 40 and

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, east of

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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

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in 1947.

Notable people

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References

Unincorporated communities in Texas Unincorporated communities in Lubbock County, Texas Lubbock metropolitan area 1891 establishments in Texas {{LubbockCountyTX-geo-stub