Lubbock

Sister cities

• Musashino
• León de Los Aldama

History

In 1867, the land that would become Lubbock was the heart of Comancheria, the shifting domain controlled by the Comanche. Lubbock County was founded in 1876. It was named after Thomas Saltus Lubbock, former Texas Ranger and brother of Francis Lubbock, governor of Texas during the Civil War. As early as 1884, a U.S. post office existed in Yellow House Canyon. A small town, known as Old Lubbock, Lubbock, or North Town, was established about three miles to the east. In 1890, the original Lubbock merged with Monterey, another small town south of the canyon. The new town adopted the Lubbock name. The merger included moving the original Lubbock's Nicolett Hotel across the canyon on rollers to the new townsite. Lubbock became the county seat in 1891, and was incorporated on March 16, 1909. In the same year, the first railroad train arrived. Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University) was founded in Lubbock in 1923. A separate university, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, opened as Texas Tech University School of Medicine in 1969. Both universities are now overseen by the Texas Tech University System, after it was established in 1996 and based in Lubbock. Lubbock Christian University, founded in 1957, affiliated with the Churches of Christ, has its main campus in the city. South Plains College and Wayland Baptist University operate branch campuses in Lubbock. At one time, Lubbock was home to Reese Air Force Base, located west of the city. It was established in August 1941, during the defense build-up prior to World War II (1941–1945), by the United States Department of War and the U.S. Army as Lubbock Army Airfield. It served the old U.S. Army Air Forces, and later the U.S. Air Force (USAF), after reorganization and establishment in 1947. The USAF…

Geography

Lubbock is considered to be the center of the Llano Estacado portion of the South Plains, with Midland on the southern edge, and Amarillo denoting the northern boundary. According to the United States Census Bureau, as of 2022, the city has a total area of , of which (99.08%) are land and , or (0.92%), is covered by water. The population density was . The tallest buildings in Lubbock are listed below. {|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! class="unsortable"|Rank ! Name ! Heightft / m ! Floors (Stories) ! Year Completed |- | 1 | NTS Tower | 274/84 | 20 | 1955 |- | 2 | Wells Fargo Building | 209/64 | 15 | 1968 |- | 3 | TTU Media and Communication Building | 208/63 | 12 | 1969 |- | 4 | Overton Hotel | 165/50 | 15 | 2009 |- | 5 | TTU Architecture Building | 158/48 | 10 | 1971 |- | 6 | Citizens Tower | 153/46.5 | 11 | 1963 |- | 7 | Park Tower | 150/46 | 15 | 1968 |- | – | Caprock Hilton Hotel (demolished) | 144/44 | 12 | 1929 |- | 8 | Lubbock County Office Building | 143/44 | 12 | 1940 |- | 9 | Pioneer Hotel | 136/41.5 | 11 | 1926 |- | 10 = | TTU Chitwood Hall | 134/41 | 12 | 1967 |- | 10 = | TTU Coleman Hall | 134/41 | 12 | 1967 |- | 10 = | TTU Weymouth Hall | 134/41 | 12 |1967 |- | 13 | Lubbock National Bank Building | 134/41 | 10 | 1979 |- | 14 | Covenant Medical Center | 114/34.5 | 10 | 1994 |- | 15 | Mahon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse | 107/33 | 8 | 1971 |- | 16 | Victory Tower | 96/29 | 8 | 1999 |} Lubbock has a cool semi-arid climate Köppen classification BSk). On average, Lubbock receives of rain and of snow per year. In 2013, Lubbock was named the "Toughest Weather City" in America according to the Weather Channel. Summers are hot, with 92 afternoons on average of + highs and 13.3 afternoons of + highs, with lows of + on 30 mornings. Lubbock is the…

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Great-tailed Grackle

  Quiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  13,985
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  9,135
• White-winged Dove

  Zenaida asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,580
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,210
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,155
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  7,855
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  7,563
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  7,419

Largest nearby schools

• FRENSHIP H S
  High · WOLFFORTH · 3,247 students · 15.4:1 ratio
• LUBBOCK-COOPER H S
  High · LUBBOCK · 2,117 students · 11.8:1 ratio
• MONTEREY H S
  High · LUBBOCK · 2,114 students · 15.5:1 ratio
• CORONADO H S
  High · LUBBOCK · 1,960 students · 15.7:1 ratio
• LUBBOCK H S
  High · LUBBOCK · 1,839 students · 16.4:1 ratio
• LUBBOCK-COOPER LAURA BUSH MIDDLE
  Middle · LUBBOCK · 971 students · 13.5:1 ratio
• LUBBOCK-COOPER MIDDLE
  Middle · LUBBOCK · 914 students · 14.1:1 ratio
• ESTACADO H S
  High · LUBBOCK · 897 students · 11.6:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.6 — 2022-04-30
  8 km E of Anton, Texas