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Welcome to Venable ...

Venable is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Venable is located in Texas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Venable, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Venable is 1,220 feet [372 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Venable ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Venable - they are located in North Carolina (3), Ohio and Texas.

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

Communities near Venable ...

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

  • Licking
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Houston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Raymondville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Plato
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Bucyrus
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Mineral Springs City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mineral Springs City is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs City
  • Success
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hazelton ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Hazelton is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
  • Roby
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Roby is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby
  • Huggins
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Huggins is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huggins

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Venable ...

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

Adding Venable to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Venable 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 Venable was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Venable post office opened in 1891. The Venable post office closed in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Venable.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Texas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Venable - 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/