Huggins, Missouri Explained

Huggins
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Etymology:F. M. Huggins
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:USA
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Missouri
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Texas
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto

Huggins is an unincorporated community in western Texas County, Missouri, United States, approximately thirteen miles west of Houston. It is located on Route M, about two miles north of Route 38, near Bendavis.[1]

History

A post office called Huggins has been in operation since 1885.[2] Francis M. Huggins, an early postmaster, gave the community his last name.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54,
  2. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . 28 December 2016.
  3. Web site: Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071622/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_texas.html . June 24, 2016 . dead . The State Historical Society of Missouri . December 28, 2016 .
  4. Book: How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named . The State Historical Society of Missouri . Eaton, David Wolfe . 1918 . 368.