Lufkin, industrial city, seat of Angelina County, eastern Texas; incorporated 1890. It is the center of the Piney Woods region of eastern Texas and has large forest products industries. Other manufactures are oil-field equipment, printed materials, machinery, and metal products. A junior college is here, and Angelina and Davy Crockett national forests and Sam Rayburn Lake are nearby. The area was settled in the 1830s, but the community of Lufkin was not established until after the railroad from Shreveport, Louisiana, to Houston, Texas, was routed through the site in the early 1880s. Population 28,562 (1980); 30,206 (1990); 32,709 (2000).Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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