Some of the cities, towns, and places in Lubbock County are Abernathy, Acuff, Becton, Buffalo Springs, Crosby County, Estacado, Hale County, Heckville, Idalou, Lubbock, New Deal, Posey, Ransom Canyon, Reese Center, Roosevelt, Shallowater, Slaton, Slide, Wolfforth, Woodrow
Lubbock County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 census placed the population at 310,639. Its county seat and largest city is Lubbock. The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1891. It is named for Thomas Saltus Lubbock, a Confederate colonel and Texas Ranger (some sources give his first name as Thompson).
Lubbock County, along with Crosby County, and Lynn County, is part of the Lubbock Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The Lubbock MSA and Levelland Micropolitan Statistical Area, encompassing only Hockley County, form the larger Lubbock–Levelland Combined Statistical Area.