Huff (also known as Hufftown, and later as Huff Community) is a ghost town in northeastern Archer County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Huff, Texas | |
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Coordinates: 33°46′07″N 98°32′14″W / 33.76861°N 98.53722°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
County | Archer |
Elevation | 981 ft (299 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 1359791[1] |
Huff lies adjacent to Lake Creek, 8 mi (13 km) south of Lakeside City, just east of Texas State Highway 79.[2]
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.[2]
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.[2]
Lakeside City is located at 33°46′07″N 98°32′14″W / 33.76861°N 98.53722°W (33.830714,-98.538943).[3]