Lufkin, TX news and local guide

Lufkin was founded in 1882 as a stop on the railroad and named for Abraham P. Lufkin, a Galveston cotton merchant and city councilman and father-in-law of the railroad's president, Paul Bremond. The railroad advertised lots, and many businesses and professionals moved from Homer to be near the tracks. Early stores, including S. Abram's general store, Joseph Kerr's grocery and saddle shop and W. H. Bonner's general store, stood on Cotton Square, where cotton was stored behind the depot for shipping. A post office opened in 1882 under William A. Abney, a telegraph line to Nacogdoches followed in 1883, and the town was incorporated on October 15, 1890, with J. M. Smith as first mayor. Lufkin's history is often divided into the railroad era of 1882 to 1890, the timber boom that followed and a later golden era of expansion, with the lumber industry driving much of its growth. Sources Wikipedia: Lufkin, Texas