| Lufkin, Texas | |
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| — City — | |
| View of downtown Lufkin | |
| Location of Lufkin, Texas | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Angelina |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • City Council | Mayor Jack Gorden, Jr. Rufus Duncan Don Langston R.L. Kuykendall Lynn Torres Phil Medford Robert Shankle |
| • City Manager | Paul Parker |
| Area | |
| • Total | 26.8 sq mi (69.5 km2) |
| • Land | 26.7 sq mi (69.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2) |
| Elevation | 312 ft (95 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 35,067 |
| • Density | 1,308.5/sq mi (504.6/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 75901, 75902, 75903, 75904, 75915 |
| Area code(s) | 936 |
| FIPS code | 48-45072[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1382208[2] |
| Website | http://cityoflufkin.com/ |
Lufkin is a city in Angelina County, Texas, United States. Founded in 1882, the population was 35,067 in 2010. It is the county seat of Angelina County[3], and is situated in Deep East Texas.
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The town is named for Abraham P. Lufkin, a cotton merchant and Galveston, Texas city councilman. Lufkin was the father-in-law of Paul Bremond, president of the Houston, East and West Texas Railway which developed the town.
Debris from the space shuttle Columbia disaster fell over the Lufkin area on February 1, 2003.
Lufkin celebrated its 125th anniversary in October 2007.
Lufkin is located at (31.336874, -94.730374)[4].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 26.8 square miles (69 km2), of which, 26.7 square miles (69 km2) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (0.48%) is water.
Lufkin is at the crossroads of East Texas at the intersections of Highways US 59, future Interstate 69, which leads to Houston and the Rio Grande Valley to the south and Nacogdoches and Texarkana and points to the North and US 69 which leads from the Golden Triangle of Southeast Texas, Port Arthur and Beaumont to the Southeast to points such as Jacksonville, Tyler, Dallas, and Oklahoma to the north.
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As of the census of 2000, there were 32,709 people, 12,247 households, and 8,364 families residing in the city.[1] The population density was 1,225.1 people per square mile (473.0/km²). There were 13,402 housing units at an average density of 502.0 per square mile (193.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 59.92% White, 26.58% African American, 0.26% Native American, 1.38% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 10.31% from other races, and 1.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17.59% of the population.
There were 12,247 households out of which 32.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.4% were married couples living together, 14.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.7% were non-families. 27.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.17.
In the city the population was spread out with 27.0% under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 88.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $32,989, and the median income for a family was $40,591. Males had a median income of $30,922 versus $20,008 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,613. About 15.0% of families and 18.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.4% of those under age 18 and 12.6% of those age 65 or over.
Lufkin is home to Lufkin Industries, which manufactures and services oil field equipment and power transmission equipment. It is also a leading supplier of creosote-treated utility poles. Lufkin is also home to the Atkinson Candy Company, the creator of the Chick-O-Stick, and Brookshire Brothers, a chain of grocery stores in Texas and Louisiana. Lufkin received Texas's first biomass power plant in late 2009. Aspen Power is building the power plant.
Some of the city's major employers include:
According to the City's 2008 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[5] the top employers in the city are:
| # | Employer | # of Employees | Percentage of Total City Employment |
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| 1 | Lufkin Industries | 1,000+ | 4.56% |
| 2 | Pilgrim’s Pride | 1,000+ | 4.42% |
| 3 | Lufkin Independent School District | 1,000+ | 3.91% |
| 4 | Memorial Health Systems | 1,000+ | 3.53% |
| 5 | Lufkin State School | 1,000+ | 2.84% |
| 6 | Angelina College | 500-999 | 2.72% |
| 7 | Temple-Inland Forest Products | 500-999 | 2.37% |
| 8 | Woodland Heights Medical Center | 500-999 | 1.83% |
| 9 | Brookshire Brothers | 500-999 | 1.80% |
| 10 | Burke Center | 500-999 | 1.62% |
Lufkin is served by U.S. Highway 69 and U.S. Highway 59.
State Highway 103 and State Highway 94 serve Lufkin.
Lufkin will be served by the extension to Interstate 69 which is planned to run from Canadian border at Port Huron, Michigan to the Texas/Mexico border.
General Aviation service is provided by Angelina County Airport.
The Coach USA bus lines is served in Lufkin, carried under the Kerville Bus Company.
The District (formerly Brazos Valley Transit Authority) provides public bus transportation in the Lufkin area.
The Angelina and Neches River Railroad (A&NR) runs through Lufkin. It runs for approx. 20 miles and runs into the Union Pacific Railroad lines.
According to the city’s most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the city’s various funds had $56.6 million in Revenues, $52.8 million in expenditures, $192.2 million in total assets, $66.4 million in total liabilities, and $24.9 million in cash and investments.[6]
The City of Lufkin is a Council-Manager form of government with all legislative and policy responsibilities vested in the City Council and all administrative responsibilities vested in the City Manager. The City Council is composed of the Mayor and Councilmembers representing six (6) wards.
| City Council | Position |
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| Mayor | Jack Gorden |
| Councilmember Ward 1 | Victor Travis |
| Councilmember Ward 2 | Robert Shankle |
| Councilmember Ward 3 | Lynn Torres |
| Councilmember Ward 4 | Don Langston |
| Councilmember Ward 5 | Rufus Duncan |
| Councilmember Ward 6 | Phil Medford |
The structure of the management and coordination of city services is:[7]
| City Department | Director |
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| City Manager | Paul L. Parker |
| Deputy City Manager | Keith Wright |
| Public Works Director | Steve Floyd |
| City Engineer | Chuck Walker |
| Director of Human Resources | Rodney Ivy |
| Lufkin Police Chief | Scott Marcotte |
| LISD Police Chief | Jay Jost |
| Fire Chief | Danny Kistner |
| Director of Finance | Douglas R. Wood |
| City Secretary | Renee Thompson |
Almost all of Lufkin is served by the Lufkin Independent School District, with a few small sections in the west within the Hudson Independent School District. Angelina College also serves the Lufkin area, while Stephen F. Austin State University is located in nearby Nacogdoches.
Lufkin is served by two hospitals, the Memorial Medical Center at Lufkin, which includes the Arthur Temple Sr. Regional Cancer Center, and Woodlands Heights Medical Center.
Lufkin currently has a growing number of media.
The headquarters of all four United States National Forests and two United States National Grasslands in Texas are located in Lufkin. They are the Angelina, Davy Crockett, Sabine, and Sam Houston National Forests and the Caddo and Lyndon B. Johnson National Grasslands. (Three other National Grasslands in Texas, the Black Kettle, McClellan Creek, and Rita Blanca, are headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico.)
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