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Welcome to Huckaby ...

Huckaby is located in Polk County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Huckaby, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

Huckaby is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Huckaby: 417

Communities near Huckaby ...

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

  • Bolivar
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Buffalo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Humansville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Hermitage
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Urbana
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Weaubleau
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Wheatland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Macks Creek
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Preston
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Cross Timbers
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Cross Timbers is located in Hickory County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Timbers
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people

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 Huckaby. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Huckaby.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Huckaby. 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 Huckaby.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Huckaby ...

Looking for more information about Huckaby? 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 Huckaby, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Huckaby.

Adding Huckaby to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Huckaby in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Huckaby was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Huckaby post office opened in 1905. The Huckaby post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Huckaby.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Polk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Huckaby - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/