Do you know of Humble ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Humble. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Humble.<1>
Our sources for Humble (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Humble other than they indicate that Humble would be found somewhere in Vernon County, Missouri.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1888 and closed in 1891.
Communities Also Named Humble ...
We found three communities that share the name Humble.
Within Missouri, the name Humble is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Russell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Humble [Russell County].
- Texas
- Kentucky
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Humble ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Humble:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Humble - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned
More Orphans in Vernon County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Vernon County.
| Belvoir | Ligonier |
| Camp Clark | Mounds |
| Clayton | |
| Nassau | |
| Dugan | |
| Duncan Creek | Round Prairie |
| Enoch | Veve |
| Hoover | Wagner Spur |
| Wales |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |