Huffman is an

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of northeastern Harris County,

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, United States, within the

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Location

The Huffman community is centered on Farm to Market Roads 2100 and 1960, northeast of

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in the piney woods of southeastern

. David Huffman, a native of Louisiana, came to Texas to fight against Mexico during the

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. 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 in the community in 1888, and two

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shops were operating by 1892. The Beaumont, 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 pump station in 1921 added to the economy. The 1936, the county highway map showed a church and cemetery at the townsite. In 1953, Lake Houston was opened as a water reservoir serving the City of Houston and serves as a recreational lake in the area today with boating, water skiing, 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: '' The Tribune'' and '' The Lake Houston Observer''. The metro newspaper is the ''

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''.

Education

Primary and secondary public schools

The Huffman Independent School District 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: # Huffman Elementary School # Falcon Ridge Elementary School # Huffman Middle School # Willie J. Hargrave High School

Public libraries

Harris County Public Library operates the nearby Atascocita Library.

Community college

Residents of Huffman ISD are zoned to

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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

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operates the Huffman Post Office at 24936 Farm to Market Road 2100. Harris Health System (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 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

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fields, two lighted

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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 the 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.

References

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* {{authority control Unincorporated communities in Harris County, Texas Unincorporated communities in Texas