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History
in a Pecan Shell
Originally
named Huffins for surveyor named R. M. Huffines who had settled
there, the town is believed to have started in the 1870s.
When a post office was granted in 1881 the name submitted and accepted
was Huffins. Three years later the town had a population of 50 with
a school, gristmill, saw mill and two cotton gins. It had declined
to 35 by 1890 and the post office closed in 1905. Mail was sent through
Viola.
Population seems to have reached its zenith in 1985.
In 1983 Huffines had a church, a cemetery, a town hall, and a population
reported at ninety.
Both the name of the town and the family for which the town was named
were referred to in local newspapers alternately as Huffins or Huffines
until well into the twentieth century. |
Pleasant
Hope Primitive Baptist Church
Photo courtesy Gerald
Massey, June 2010 |
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1907
Cass County postal map showing "Huffins"
(East of Linden. Near Louisiana state
line)
Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
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