Acuff is an unincorporated farming community

Unincorporated area

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 in northeastern Lubbock County, Texas

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, United States

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. It is part of the Lubbock

Lubbock, Texas

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 Metropolitan Statistical Area

Lubbock metropolitan area

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. The Acuff area originally had its own school, but it merged with, and is currently served by, the Roosevelt Independent School District

Roosevelt Independent School District

Roosevelt Independent School District is a small, innovative, public school district located 8 miles east of Lubbock, Texas .The district serves the unincorporated communities of Acuff and Roosevelt along with the incorporated towns of Buffalo Springs and Ransom Canyon...

. The town was founded in 1891 and had a post office from 1903 to 1912. During the 1940s Baptists and Methodists shared the same church and the population swelled from (no figures available) to 50 people in the 1950s. The current estimated population is 30. The Maines family, of which Lloyd Maines

Lloyd Maines

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 and his daughter Natalie Maines

Natalie Maines

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 are most notable, has its roots in the Acuff area. Hispanic

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 journalist

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 Bidal Aguero

Bidal Aguero

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was born in Acuff in 1949.

The main crop in the area is cotton. The early settlers cleared the land from prairie grass and mesquite trees using plows pulled by mules. Most of the current landowners are the children and grandchildren of the original settlers.