Lubbock, Texas
| Lubbock | |
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| Nickname : Hub City | |
 Lubbock skyline |
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| Location of Lubbock, Texas | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1890 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Lubbock County |
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 34 ′ N , 101 ° 53 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
252,506 (as of 2016) 314,840 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 849 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 297.6 km 2 (approx. 115 mi 2 ) of which 297.4 km 2 (approx. 115 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 992.4 m |
| Postcodes : | 79401-79499 |
| Area code : | +1 806 |
| FIPS : | 48-45000 |
| GNIS ID : | 1374760 |
| Website : | www.ci.lubbock.tx.us |
| Mayor : | Dan Pope |
 Lubbock County Courthouse |
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Lubbock is the eleventh largest city in the US state of Texas and the county seat of Lubbock County . It is located in the northwest of the state in a region formerly known as Llano Estacado .
history
| growth of population | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1910 | 1938 | - | |
| 1920 | 4051 | 109% | |
| 1930 | 20,520 | 406.5% | |
| 1940 | 31,853 | 55.2% | |
| 1950 | 71,747 | 125.2% | |
| 1960 | 128,691 | 79.4% | |
| 1970 | 149.101 | 15.9% | |
| 1980 | 173.979 | 16.7% | |
| 1990 | 186.206 | 7% | |
| 2000 | 199,564 | 7.2% | |
| 2010 | 229,573 | 15% | |
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The county was founded in 1876, the place in 1890. Both were named after Thomas Saltus Lubbock , a Colonel in the Confederate Army and a Texas Ranger .
Lubbock acts as an economic hub ("economic hub", hence the nickname "Hub City") of the agricultural region of the South Plains , the largest contiguous cotton-growing area in the world. Due to the dry climate, intensive irrigation of the plantations is necessary, the water for this is pumped up from the Ogallala aquifer .
traffic
The Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport connects the city to Denver , Dallas , Houston , Austin and Las Vegas . The most important highway is Interstate 27 , which connects Lubbock with Amarillo .
Local public transport runs on regular buses.
Colleges
- Lubbock Christian University
- Texas Tech University
- Texas Tech University School of Law
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
sons and daughters of the town
- Helen Wagner (1918-2010), actress
- William Francis McBeth (1933–2012), composer and conductor
- Buddy Holly (1936–1959), rock 'n' roll musician and composer
- Kenneth Copeland (* 1936), televangelist and founder of the Kenneth Copeland Ministries
- Don Bowman (1937–2013), country musician, comedian, radio host and songwriter
- Joe B. Mauldin (1940–2015), bass player for the American rock 'n' roll band The Crickets
- Delbert McClinton (* 1940), musician, composer and multiple Grammy Award winner
- Mac Davis (born 1942), country musician
- Terry Allen (born 1943), country singer and songwriter
- Mickey Leland (1944–1989), politician, member of the US House of Representatives
- Butch Hancock (* 1945), singer-songwriter
- Angela Strehli (* 1945), blues singer and songwriter
- Don Whittington (born 1946), racing driver
- Bill Whittington (born 1949), racing driver
- Lloyd Maines (* 1951), music producer and multi-instrumentalist
- Jack Wisdom (* 1953), physicist
- Brad Leland (born 1954), actor
- Jürgen Bergener (* 1961), German-American football commentator
- Orlin Norris (born 1965), boxer
- Sean Stewart (born 1965), science fiction and fantasy writer
- Terry Norris (born 1967), boxer
- Conrad Vernon (* 1968), director, screenwriter, animator and voice actor
- James Duncan Davidson (* 1970), software developer
- Natalie Maines (* 1974), country singer ("Dixie Chicks")
- Daniel Santiago (* 1976), NBA basketball player
- Tyla Wynn (* 1982), porn actress
- Chace Crawford (born 1985), film actor
- Justin Olsen (* 1987), bobsleigh athlete
- Ryan Tannehill (born 1988), American football player
- Trae Young (born 1998), basketball player
- Jarrett Culver (born 1999), basketball player
- Monty Holmes , country singer and songwriter
Honorary citizen:
- Hans Sennholz (1922–2007), German economist and US university professor, important representative of the ( Austrian School of) Economics
Climate table
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Monthly average temperatures and rainfall for Lubbock, Texas
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See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
- ↑ US Census ( Memento of the original from May 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 16, 2012
- ↑ Airlines that fly to Lubbock Preston Smith and corresponding connections ( memento of the original from March 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the city's official website (www.mylubbock.us)
Web links
Commons : Lubbock, Texas - Album containing pictures, videos, and audio files
