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Huffman is anunincorporated community of northeasternHarris County,Texas, United States, within theGreater Houstonmetropolitan area.
The Huffman community is centered on Farm to Market Roads2100 and1960, 25 miles (40 km)[1] northeast ofDowntown Houston in thepiney woods of southeasternTexas. David Huffman, a native of Louisiana, came to Texas to fight against Mexico during theTexas Revolution.[2]
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 twoblacksmith shops were operating by 1892. TheBeaumont, 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 theSinclair 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 servingthe City of Houston and serves as a recreational lake in the area today with boating, water skiing, jetting, fishing, and sailing.
Huffman covers about 39 square miles (100 km2) and houses approximately 12,000 citizens.[3] Huffman is a community consisting largely of subdivisions, scattered farms, apartments, and small businesses.
Huffman has two community newspapers:The Tribune[4] andThe Lake Houston Observer. The metro newspaper is theHouston Chronicle.
TheHuffman 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:
Harris County Public Library operates the nearby Atascocita Library.
Residents of Huffman ISD are zoned toLee College.[5]
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TheUnited States Postal Service operates the Huffman Post Office at 24936Farm to Market Road 2100.
Harris Health System (formerly Harris County Hospital District) designated E.A. "Squatty" Lyons Medical Center inHumble for ZIP code 77336. The nearest public hospital isLyndon B. Johnson Hospital in northeast Houston.[6]
Harris County Precinct 2 operates the 69-acre (280,000 m2) I.T. May Park at 2100 Wolf Road. The park includes eight lightedbaseball fields, two lightedAmerican football fields, concession stands, barbecue pits, picnic areas, two playgrounds, a paved quarter-mile walking trail, and restroom facilities.[7] The park also includes the May Community Center.[8]
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.[9]
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