Huffman, Texas
Huffman is an unincorporated community of northeastern Harris County, Texas, United States, within the Greater Houston metropolitan area.
Location
The Huffman community is centered on Farm to Market Roads 2100 and 1960, northeast of Downtown Houston in the piney woods of southeastern Texas. David Huffman, a native of Louisiana, came to Texas to fight against Mexico during the Texas Revolution.In the early years, the economy was driven by farming with primary crops being cotton, rice, and corn as well as ranching and logging. A post office was established in the community in 1888, and two blacksmith shops were operating by 1892. The Beaumont, [Sour Lake and Western Railway] came through the community in the early 1900s. By 1914, the town reported two general stores and a population of 250. The construction and operation of the Sinclair Oil pump station in 1921 added to the economy. The 1936, the county highway map showed a church and cemetery at the townsite. In 1953, Lake Houston was opened as a water reservoir serving the City of Houston and serves as a recreational lake in the area today with boating, water skiing, jetting, fishing, and sailing.
Huffman covers about and houses approximately 12,000 citizens. Huffman is a community consisting largely of subdivisions, scattered farms, apartments, and small businesses.
Media
Huffman has two community newspapers: The Tribune and The [Lake Houston Observer]. The metro newspaper is the Houston Chronicle.Education
Primary and secondary public schools
The Huffman [Independent School District] is named after the community and, up to 2005, served the area with four schools: Ben Bowen Elementary, Copeland Intermediate, Huffman Middle School, and Hargrave High School. Since the construction of a new Hargrave High School campus and the renovations of the old middle school, which moved to the old high school campus, and the building of a new elementary school, the four schools are as follows:- Huffman Elementary School
- Falcon Ridge Elementary School
- Huffman Middle School
- Willie J. Hargrave High School
Public libraries
operates the nearby Atascocita Library.Community college
Residents of Huffman ISD are zoned to Lee College.Subdivisions
The Commons Of Lake HoustonFairway crossings
Idleloch
River Terrace
Cypress point
Huffman Hills
WildWood Hilltop
Tayme Ranchettes
Plantation
Rolling Creek Acres
Pine Way Estates
Fairway Crossing At Lake Houston
Lazy Pines
Lochshire
Last Stand
Huffman Hollow
Lake Houston
Forest Manor
Spanish Cove
Saddle Creek Farms
Lakewood Heights
Woodland Lakes
Water Wonderland
Government and infrastructure
The United States Postal Service operates the Huffman Post Office at 24936 Farm to Market Road 2100.Harris Health System designated E.A. "Squatty" Lyons Medical Center in Humble for ZIP code 77336. The nearest public hospital is Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital in northeast Houston.