Lufkin (Texas)

Angelina County

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Lufkin is a city with 34 594 inhabitants in Angelina County in the U.S. state of Texas and the administrative center of the county. The city has an area of 69.5 km ².

History

The city was founded in 1882 and is named after Abraham P. Lufkin, a cotton merchant and Galveston City Council named. Lufkin was the father of Paul Bremond, president of the East and West Texas Railway, which has staked the city. Parts of the space shuttle Columbia disaster fell on 1 February 2003 at Lufkin.

Climate

  • On average, the warmest month is August.
  • The highest recorded temperature was 43 ° C in 1909.
  • On average, the coolest month is January.
  • The lowest recorded temperature was -19 ° C in 1930.
  • The maximum average precipitation occurs in May.

Demographic data

According to a survey of 2009, there were 34 594 people, 14,399 households, and 8,364 families residing in the city. The population density is 499.9 E / km ². There were 14,399 residential properties.

65.2% of the population is White, 25.1% African American, 0.4% Native American, 1.1 % Asian, 7.1 % from other races, and 1.2 % from two or more races. There were 14,399 households out of which 32.9 % have children under the age of 18 years. 49.4 % of citizens as a married couple living together, 31.7 % of married have children. 27.9 % of all households were made up of individuals and 11.9% had someone living alone who are 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.17. The average household income is 37 174 U.S. dollars.

Traffic

Lufkin is at the crossroads of U.S. Highway 59, also in the future Interstate 69, which leads to Houston and the Rio Grande Valley is connected to the south and Nacogdoches and Texarkana.

Economy

Lufkin is the seat of Lufkin Industries, which produces Fima and waits oilfield equipment and drive technology. The company 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. In addition, Lufkin seat of Brookshire Brothers, Inc., a chain of grocery stores in Texas and Louisiana. In Lufikin is since the end of 2009 Texas 's first biomass power plant. Operator is Aspen Powerhous, Inc.

Some major employers in the city are:

  • Abitibi -Consolidated (2007 merged into AbitibiBowater ), produces paper for newspapers and magazines
  • Atkinson Candy Company founded and headquartered in Lufkin, makers of Chick- O- Stick and other confectionery products
  • Founded Brookshire Brothers, a regional food companies and is headquartered in Lufkin
  • Lufkin Industries founded and headquartered in Lufkin, oil pumping and drive equipment manufacturers
  • Memorial Health System of East Texas, the largest in Texas health insurance
  • Generated Temple-Inland, company, paper, wood and other related products.

Sons and daughters of the town

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