Editing Lufkin, Texas (section)

==Economy==

[[File:Regions Bank, Lufkin, TX IMG 3943.JPG|thumb|right|Regions Bank]]
[[File:Perry Building, Lufkin, TX IMG 3958.JPG|thumb|right|Perry Building]]
Lufkin is home to [[Lufkin Industries]] and Lufkin Gears LLC, which manufactures and services oil field equipment and power transmission equipment, and supplies of [[creosote]]-treated utility poles. It is also home to the [[Atkinson Candy Company]], the creator of the [[Chick-O-Stick]], and [[Brookshire Brothers]], a chain of grocery stores in Texas and Louisiana. Lufkin received Texas's first [[biomass]] power plant in late 2009. Aspen Power is building the power plant.

Some of the city's major employers include:
* [[Angelina College]], community college with enrollment of 5,000
* [[Atkinson Candy Company]], founded and headquartered in Lufkin
* [[Brookshire Brothers]], a regional grocery company founded and headquartered in Lufkin
* [[Lufkin Industries]], founded and headquartered in Lufkin, oil pumping manufacturer
* Lufkin Gears LLC, founded and headquartered in Lufkin, power transmission equipment manufacturer 
* [[Lufkin Independent School District]]
* [[Pilgrim's]], poultry processor that employs more than 1,500 people
* [[Stephen F. Austin State University]], state university (located in [[Nacogdoches, Texas|Nacogdoches]]; some employees reside in Lufkin) 
* [[Temple-Inland]] is [[Fortune 500]] company that produces paper, wood, and other related products. Headquartered in [[Diboll, Texas|Diboll]], {{convert|15|mi}} south of Lufkin, it has employment in Lufkin, as well. Temple-Inland was sold to [[International Paper]].

According to the city's 2019 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cityoflufkin.com/finance/pdfs/2019/FY_2019_FINAL_BUDGET.pdf|date=September 11, 2018|title=Annual Operating Budget for Fiscal Year October 1, 2018 - September 30, 2019|work=City of Lufkin|access-date=July 8, 2019|archive-date=April 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411223907/http://cityoflufkin.com/finance/pdfs/2019/FY_2019_FINAL_BUDGET.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> the top employers in the city are:

{{Table alignment}}
{| class="wikitable col1right col3center col4center"
|-
! Rank
! Employer
! Employees
! Fraction of total<br/> city employment
|-
| 1
| [[Lufkin Independent School District]]
| >1000
| 2.34%
|-
| 2
| [[Pilgrim's Pride]]
| >1000
| 1.98%
|-
| 3
| [[Brookshire Brothers]]
| >1000
| 1.67%
|-
| 4
| Lufkin State Supporting Living Center
| >1000
| 1.67%
|-
| 5
| [[CHI St. Luke's Health|CHI St. Luke's Health Memorial]]
| >1000
| 1.64%
|-
| 6
| Woodland Heights Medical Center
| 500–999
| 0.88%
|-
| 7
| [[Georgia Pacific]]
| 500–999
| 0.83%
|-
| 8
| City of Lufkin
| 400–500
| 0.70%
|-
| 9
| [[Walmart]]
| 400–500
| 0.68%
|-
| 10
| [[Angelina County, Texas|Angelina County]]
| 400–500
| 0.61%
|}

===Festivals===

Texas State Forest Festival and Southern [[Hushpuppy]] Championships run in September.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ktre.com/story/32565071/lufkins-southern-hushpuppy-championships-makes-list-of-50-best-cooking-contests/|last=Bass|first=Gary|date=July 28, 2016|title=Lufkin's Southern Hushpuppy Championships makes list of 50 best cooking contests|work=[[KTRE]]|access-date=June 8, 2019|archive-date=June 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609003231/https://www.ktre.com/story/32565071/lufkins-southern-hushpuppy-championships-makes-list-of-50-best-cooking-contests/|url-status=live}}</ref> The festival brings net profits to the city of US$60,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tpwd.texas.gov/calendar/lake-livingston/texas-state-forest-festival|title=Texas State Forest Festival|work=[[Texas Parks and Wildlife Department]]|access-date=June 8, 2019|archive-date=June 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609003230/https://tpwd.texas.gov/calendar/lake-livingston/texas-state-forest-festival|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Points of interest===

* [[Crown Colony Country Club]] Golf Course, third-rated golf course in Texas by the ''Dallas Morning News''
* Downtown Walking Tour, a tour through historic downtown Lufkin
* Ellen Trout Park, a public park with a lake and playgrounds
* [[Ellen Trout Zoo]], public zoo owned by the City of Lufkin with more than 500 animals<ref name="Kisling2001">{{cite book|editor=Vernon N. Kisling Jr. |title=Zoo and Aquarium History|year= 2001|publisher=[[CRC Press]] |location=USA |isbn=978-1-4200-3924-5 |chapter=Zoological Gardens of the United States (chronological list) |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ulbMBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA375 }}</ref>
* First United Methodist Church
* Lufkin Azalea Trail, {{convert|1.9|mi|adj=on}} public nature trail
* Medford Collection of American Western Art, the contemporary art collection at the Lufkin City Hall
* [[Museum of East Texas]], exhibits on regional history and art
* [[Naranjo Museum of Natural History]]
* Pine Valley Raceway, ¼-mile drag strip located ten miles southwest of Lufkin.
* [[Pines Theater]], refurbished multiuse facility in downtown, seats 459
* Texas Forestry Museum features exhibits about forestry of the Lufkin and East Texas area.

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File:Ward R. Burke Courthouse, Lufkin, TX IMG 3949.JPG|Ward R. Burke United States Courthouse
File:Texas Forestry Museum, Lufkin, TX IMG 8594.JPG|Texas Forestry Museum
File:Sawmill worker's house, Texas Forestry Museum IMG 8587.JPG|Replica of a sawmill worker's house at the Texas Forestry Museum
File:Pines Theater, Lufkin, TX IMG 3938.JPG|Pines Theater
File:Naranjo Auditorium, Lufkin, TX IMG 3964.JPG|Naranjo Auditorium
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