Huggins, Missouri

Coordinates: 37°19′12″N 92°11′55″W / 37.32000°N 92.19861°W / 37.32000; -92.19861
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Huggins
Unincorporated community
Etymology: F. M. Huggins
Coordinates: 37°19′12″N 92°11′55″W / 37.32000°N 92.19861°W / 37.32000; -92.19861
CountryUSA
StateMissouri
CountyTexas

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]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Huggins, Missouri
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  4. ^ "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  5. ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 368.