by Don Cullon

Lubbock was a relatively new town at the time having been created in 1891 when two smaller settlements both moved their towns from several miles away to our present location. The first county court house was built at this time with the county itself having been created in 1876 by the Texas State Legislature. Construction of the Panhandle & Santa Fe Railroad was completed in 1909 which led the citizens to incorporate their town and thus Lubbock was officially born. The population of Lubbock the following year had grown to 1,938.

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