Lufkin, Texas

Lufkin, Texas
City
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Location in Angelina County
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Coordinates: 31°20′18″N 94°43′45″W / 31.33833°N 94.72917°W / 31.33833; -94.72917
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Angelina
Founded	1882
Incorporated	October 15, 1890
Named for	Abraham P. Lufkin
Government
• Type	Council-manager
Area [1]
• Total	34.48 sq mi (89.30 km2)
• Land	34.21 sq mi (88.60 km2)
• Water	0.27 sq mi (0.71 km2)
Elevation [2]	312 ft (95 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	34,143
• Density	998.13/sq mi (385.38/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP code	75901, 75902, 75903, 75904, 75915
Area code	936
FIPS code	48-45072[4] exp
GNIS feature ID	1382208[2]
Website	cityoflufkin.com

Lufkin is a city in Texas.

Lufkin was created in 1882.

Lufkin is located at 31°20′13″N 94°43′49″W / 31.33694°N 94.73028°W / 31.33694; -94.73028 (31.336874, -94.730374)^[5].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 34.5 square miles (89.3 km²), of which 34.2 square miles (88.6 km²) is land and 0.27 square miles (0.7 km²), or 0.8%, is water.^[1]

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.

• 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:

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