Huggins | |
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Unincorporated community | |
| Etymology: F. M. Huggins | |
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| Coordinates: 37°19′12″N 92°11′55″W / 37.32000°N 92.19861°W | |
| Country | USA |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Texas |
Huggins is an unincorporated community in western Texas County, Missouri, United States, approximately thirteen miles west of Houston.[1] It is located on Route M, about two miles north of Route 38, near Bendavis.[2]
History
[edit]A post office called Huggins has been in operation since 1885.[3] Francis M. Huggins, an early postmaster, gave the community his last name.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Huggins, Missouri
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
- ^ "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
- ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 368.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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