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'''Lubbock''' is the largest city on the [[Texas]] South Plains; in 2016, the census estimated the population at 252,506.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/4845000,00|title=Lubbock (city) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau|work=Geographic Identifiers|publisher=United States Census Bureau|year=2015|accessdate=September 28, 2017}}</ref> Founded in 1876, Lubbock is also called "Hub City" for its regional prominence. The city is named for the former Texas Ranger Thomas Saltus Lubbock (1817-1862), who died of typhoid fever in the [[American Civil War]] while fighting for the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]]. He was the brother of [[Governor]] Francis Richard Lubbock (1815-1905).  

'''Lubbock''' is the largest city on the [[Texas]] South Plains; in 2016, the census estimated the population at 252,506.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/4845000,00|title=Lubbock (city) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau|work=Geographic Identifiers|publisher=United States Census Bureau|year=2015|accessdate=September 28, 2017}}</ref> Founded in 1876, Lubbock is also called "Hub City" for its regional prominence. The city is named for the former Texas Ranger Thomas Saltus Lubbock (1817-1862), who died of typhoid fever in the [[American Civil War]] while fighting for the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]]. He was the brother of [[Governor]] Francis Richard Lubbock (1815-1905).  

Lubbock is 315 miles west of [[Fort Worth]]. and approximately equidistant, c. 120 miles, from [[Amarillo]] to the north via Interstate 27 and [[Midland]] on the south via U.S. Highway 87. [[Cotton]] is grown throughout the area. Lubbock is home to [[Texas Tech University]], founded in 1923, and Lubbock Christian College, a [[Church of Christ]]-affiliated institution. There are also branch campuses of South Plains College, a [[community college]], and Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas. The Texas Tech Museum encompasses the Lubbock Lake Landmark, an archeological exhibit, and the National Ranching Heritage Center, which has nearly fifty restored ranch buildings in an outdoor setting. From 1941 to 1996, the former Reese Air Force Base was located in Lubbock. The famous musician, [[Buddy Holly]], killed in a plane crash in 1959, was from Lubbock, as is Scott Pelley, the [[CBS]] news anchorman.

Lubbock is 315 miles west of [[Fort Worth]]. and approximately equidistant, c. 120 miles, from [[Amarillo]] to the north via Interstate 27 and [[Midland]] on the south via U.S. Highway 87. [[Cotton]] is grown throughout the area. Lubbock is home to [[Texas Tech University]], founded in 1923, and Lubbock Christian College, a [[Church of Christ]]-affiliated institution. There are also branch campuses of South Plains College, a [[community college]], and Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas. The Texas Tech Museum encompasses the Lubbock Lake Landmark, an archeological exhibit, and the National Ranching Heritage Center, which has nearly fifty restored ranch buildings in an outdoor setting. From 1941 to 1996, the former Reese Air Force Base was located in Lubbock. The famous musician, [[Buddy Holly]], killed in a plane crash in 1959, was from Lubbock, as is Scott Pelley, the [[CBS]] former news anchorman.

On May 11, 1970, Lubbock sustained a deadly F-5 tornado in which twenty-six persons were killed, and property damage was estimated at $125 million (826 million in 2020 dollars). On the fiftieth anniversary of the tornado in 2020, the Lubbock community gathered at the Lubbock Tornado Memorial Gateway at Lubbock National Bank Park on Avenue Q downtown to memorialize the victims and honor the city leadership under [[Mayor]]s Jim Granberry and [[Morris "Moe" Turner]] which brought out the recovery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20200510/lubbock-remembers-50-years-after-deadly-tornado-city-pauses-to-reflect-on-loss-progress|title=Lubbock remembers: 50 years after deadly tornado, city pauses to reflect on loss, progress|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=May 10, 2020|accessdate=June 16, 2020}}</ref>

Lubbock has been politically [[conservative]] (it was rated the #2 most conservative city in America and the most conservative in Texas, notwithstanding the presence of a large public university. In the 2018 [[United States Senate]] [[general election]], the [[Republican Party|Republican]] incumbent, [[Ted Cruz]] polled 58,780 votes (64.7 percent) to 32,068 votes (35.3 percent) of the two-party vote for the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Beto O'Rourke]]. Lubbock has been represented since 1985 in the [[United States House of Representatives]] by three consecutive Republican legislators.

The city has been politically [[conservative]] (it was rated the #2 most conservative city in America and the most conservative in Texas, notwithstanding the presence of a large public university. In the 2018 [[United States Senate]] [[general election]], the [[Republican Party|Republican]] incumbent, [[Ted Cruz]] polled 58,780 votes (64.7 percent) to 32,068 votes (35.3 percent) of the two-party vote for the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Beto O'Rourke]]. Lubbock has been represented since 1985 in the [[United States House of Representatives]] by three consecutive Republican legislators.  

Lubbock is the home of a large number of [[Christian]] churches of different denominations.

Lubbock is the home of a large number of [[Christian]] churches of different denominations.

On May 11, 1970, Lubbock sustained a deadly F-5 tornado in which twenty-six persons were killed, and property damage was estimated at $125 million (826 million in 2020 dollars). On the fiftieth anniversary of the tornado in 2020, the Lubbock community gathered at the Lubbock Tornado Memorial Gateway at Lubbock National Bank Park on Avenue Q downtown to memorialize the victims and honor the city leadership under [[Mayor]]s Jim Granberry and [[Morris "Moe" Turner]] which brought out the recovery.<ref name=tornado>{{cite web|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20200510/lubbock-remembers-50-years-after-deadly-tornado-city-pauses-to-reflect-on-loss-progress|title=Lubbock remembers: 50 years after deadly tornado, city pauses to reflect on loss, progress|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=May 10, 2020|accessdate=June 16, 2020}}</ref>

 

On the 50th anniversary of the tornado, former Mayor Granberry said from his home in east Texas: “Fifty years ago, I had the great honor of serving the fantastic people of Lubbock as their mayor. Edwina and I will never forget how the citizens of Lubbock responded to the tornadoes that hit the city just nineteen days after I was elected. The recovery of Lubbock has been golden and the memory of the golden efforts put forth by Lubbock’s citizens will always have a golden place in my heart. …<ref name=tornado/>

==Former Queen City subdivision==

==Former Queen City subdivision==