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Welcome to Houck ...

Houck is located in Cape Girardeau County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Houck, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Houck is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Houck lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Houck: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Houck ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Houck - they are located in Arizona and North Carolina.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Houck.

Communities near Houck ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Houck.

  • Cape Girardeau
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jackson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jackson is located in Cape Girardeau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,699 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <4>
  • Scott City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Chaffee
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Marble Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Advance
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Oran
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Oran is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oran
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oran <4>
  • Benton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Morley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Morley is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
  • Kelso
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Houck. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Houck.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Houck. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Houck.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Houck. See our Newspapers Page for Houck.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Houck ...

Looking for more information about Houck? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Houck, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Houck.

Adding Houck to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Houck in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Houck was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Houck post office opened in 1886. The Houck post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Houck.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Cape Girardeau, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Houck - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Houck area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Houck area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/