The city sits at the center of the world's largest contiguous cotton-growing region, on the High Plains tableland of the Llano Estacado at 3,202 feet.
Modern Lubbock was born from a handshake: on December 19, 1890, the rival towns of Old Lubbock and Monterey agreed to merge and build a new town between them.
Why People Visit Lubbock Texas
Lubbock is the heartland-pride heart of West Texas: the Hub City of the South Plains, the commercial heart of the world's largest contiguous cotton-growing region, a town founded in 1890 when two rivals chose to become one. It offers the world's largest windmill collection, the deep ranching archive of the National Ranching Heritage Center, the 10,000-year human record at the Lubbock Lake Landmark, the railroad-era Depot District, the canyon parks of Yellow House Canyon, and a West Texas music heritage that helped shape American rock and roll — all under the wide flat sky of the Llano Estacado. It feels spacious, sunny, and grounded, where cotton country, university life, and plains heritage sit side by side. Hub City. Cotton country. West Texas, wide open.
