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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Acuff (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Acuff. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Acuff is located in Lubbock County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lubbock County: Crosby, Floyd, Garza, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lynn & Terry.

Below are the counties that are near Acuff. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Acuff:

  • Lubbock County     (The home county of Acuff)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Acuff, with the one closest to Acuff listed first.
    • Idalou
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Ransom Canyon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Buffalo Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Buffalo Springs is located in Lubbock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
    • Canyon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Canyon is located in Lubbock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
    • Kitalou
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Kitalou is located in Lubbock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitalou
    • Posey
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Posey is located in Lubbock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey
    • Heckville ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Heckville is located in Lubbock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heckville
    • Slaton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Becton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Becton is located in Lubbock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becton
    • Lubbock
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • New Deal
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • New Deal is located in Lubbock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Deal
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
    • Slide
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Slide is located in Lubbock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slide
  • Crosby County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Acuff, with the one closest to Acuff listed first.
    • Lorenzo
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Savage ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Savage is located in Crosby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
    • Estacado ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Estacado is located in Crosby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estacado
    • Ralls
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cap Rock
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Cap Rock is located in Crosby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cap Rock
    • Owens
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Owens is located in Crosby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens
    • Farmer
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Farmer is located in Crosby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
    • Cone
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Canyon Valley ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Canyon Valley is located in Crosby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Valley
    • Crosbyton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Mount Blanco ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Mount Blanco is located in Crosby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Blanco
  • Garza County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Acuff, with the one closest to Acuff listed first.
    • Southland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Southland is located in Garza County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southland
    • Close City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Close City is located in Garza County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Close City
      • Close City has also been known as:
      • Ragtown
  • Hale County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Acuff, with the one closest to Acuff listed first.
    • Petersburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Abernathy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Hockley County
    • Roundup
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Roundup is located in Hockley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundup
  • Lynn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Acuff, with the one closest to Acuff listed first.
    • Wilson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Wayside ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Wayside is located in Lynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
    • New Home
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • New Lynn ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • New Lynn is located in Lynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lynn

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Acuff, see our County-by-County Page for Acuff.

Cemeteries Near Acuff ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Acuff.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Acuff - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Acuff covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Acuff, with the one closest to Acuff listed first.

  • Idalou Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • West Side Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Side Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the West Side Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Lorenzo.
    • The West Side Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Mount Pleasant Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4942 <2>
  • Lorenzo Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenzo Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lorenzo Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Lorenzo.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4943 <2>
  • West Englewood Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Englewood Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the West Englewood Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Slaton.
  • Englewood Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Englewood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Slaton.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3441 <2>
  • Estacado Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • City of Lubbock Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City of Lubbock Cemetery
    • The City of Lubbock Cemetery has also been known as:
    • East Lawn Memorial Gardens
    • Eastlawn Memorial Gardens
    • Lubbock City Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #151541 <2>
  • Emma Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Emma Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the south of Ralls.
    • The Emma Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Emma Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2172063 <2>
  • Ralls Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralls Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ralls Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Ralls.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #229638 <2>
  • Becton Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Resthaven Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resthaven Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Resthaven Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Southland.
    • The Resthaven Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Southland Resthaven Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6328 <2>
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>

While we didn't find Acuff in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Acuff.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Acuff, with the one closest to Acuff listed first.

  • Estacado ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Estacado is located in Crosby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estacado
  • Lubbock
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Cone
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Blanco ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Blanco is located in Crosby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Blanco

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Acuff. See our List of 1890's Communities around Acuff.

Newspapers Published in Acuff ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Acuff.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Acuff, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Acuff.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Acuff:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Acuff) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Acuff, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.