Lufkin, Texas

**Lufkin** is a city in Texas.

## History

Lufkin was created in 1882.

## Geography

Lufkin is located at  (31.336874, -94.730374).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which  is land and , or 0.8%, is water.

Lufkin is at the crossroads of East Texas at the intersections of Highways US 59, future Interstate 69, which leads to Houston and the Rio Grande Valley to the south and Nacogdoches and Texarkana to the north, and US 69, which leads from the Golden Triangle of southeast Texas (Port Arthur and Beaumont) to points such as Jacksonville, Tyler, Dallas, and Oklahoma to the north.

### Climate

- On average, the warmest month is August.
- The highest recorded temperature was 110 °F in 1909.
- On average, the coolest month is January.
- The lowest recorded temperature was -2 °F in 1930.
- The maximum average precipitation occurs in May.

**Regional cities and their distance from Lufkin, Texas include:**

|City|Miles|
| --- | --- |
|Nacogdoches, Texas|9 Miles|
|Houston, Texas|120 Miles|
|Beaumont, Texas|106 Miles|
|Dallas, Texas|168 Miles|
|New Orleans|343 Miles|
|Shreveport, Louisiana|117 Miles|
|Texarkana, Texas|168 Miles|
|Waco, Texas|162 Miles|
|El Dorado, Arkansas|210 Miles|
|Little Rock, Arkansas|313 Miles|

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Lufkin, Texas
- **settlement type**: City
- **named for**: Abraham P. Lufkin
- **image skyline**: Lufkin welcome sign, Lufkin, TX IMG 3916.JPG
- **image caption**: Welcome sign
- **pushpin map**: Texas#USA
- **pushpin map caption**: Location within Texas##Location within the United States
- **pushpin relief**: 1
- **pushpin mapsize**: 280
- **image map**: Angelina_Lufkin.svg
- **mapsize**: 250px
- **map caption**: Location in Angelina County
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: State
- **subdivision name1**: Texas
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Texas, County
- **subdivision name2**: Angelina County, Texas, Angelina
- **government type**: Council-manager government, Council-manager
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader title1**: City Council
- **leader title2**: City Manager
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1882
- **established title1**: Incorporated
- **established date1**: October 15, 1890
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 89.30
- **area land km2**: 88.60
- **area water km2**: 0.71
- **area total sq mi**: 34.48
- **area land sq mi**: 34.21
- **area water sq mi**: 0.27
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population total**: 34143
- **population density km2**: 385.38
- **population density sq mi**: 998.13
- **timezone**: Central Time Zone, Central (CST)
- **utc offset**: −6
- **timezone dst**: CDT
- **utc offset dst**: −5
- **elevation ft**: 312
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 75901, 75902, 75903, 75904, 75915
- **area code**: Area code 936, 936
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standards, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 48-45072 exp
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 1382208