City (pop., 2000: 199,564), northwestern Texas, U.S. Located south of Amarillo , it was named for Tom S. Lubbock, a signer of the Texas declaration of independence.
Formed in 1890 from Old Lubbock and Monterey, it developed as a ranching centre and was incorporated in 1909. A tornado in 1970 caused widespread damage. It is one of the nation's leading cotton markets and the centre of a diversified agricultural and industrial region. It is the seat of Texas Tech University (1923).