Humble, Texas City of Humble Downtown Humble facing east Downtown Humble facing east Location of City of Humble Humble (/ mb l/ um-b l) is a town/city in Harris County, Texas, United States, inside the Houston urbane area.
As of the 2010 census, the town/city population was 15,133. The town/city shares a zip code with the small Houston neighborhood of Bordersville, although citizens who live in Bordersville still have Humble addresses.
Sign marking Humble The first pioneer began moving into the Humble region in the early 19th century.
A ferry was assembled nearby, over the San Jacinto River, and the region of Humble became a center for commercial activeness due to the region's large petroleum industry. The town/city got its name from one of the initial founders/settlers, Pleasant Smith "Plez" Humble, who opened the first postal service in his home and later served as justice of the peace. In 1883 a town/city directory reported that he directed a fruit stand.
Humble became an petroleum boomtown in the early 20th century when petroleum was first produced there. The first petroleum was produced a couple years after the famous Spindletop discernment in Beaumont, Texas.
Railroad linkage was established in 1904, and shortly after that the first tank car of petroleum was shipped out of Humble's petroleum field.
By 1905 the Humble oilfield was the biggest producing field in Texas. The Humble petroleum fields are still active and have produced over 138,835,590 barrels (22,073,095 m3) of oil.
The town was the home of the Humble Oil & Refining Company, established in 1911, a predecessor of Exxon.
Humble remained a rather small, quiet town/city until the opening of the Houston Intercontinental Airport in 1969.[clarification needed] Humble City Council passed a enhance smoking ban February 23, 2012.
Humble is positioned at 29 59 42 N 95 15 54 W (29.994920, -95.264873). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 9.9 square miles (26 km2), of which 9.9 square miles (26 km2) is territory and 0.10% is water.
Downtown Humble is positioned on a salt dome.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Humble has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. City - Data.com states that the crime rates for Humble were higher than the average United States crime rate.
The average crime rate for metros/cities with under 30,000 citizens was 294.7; Humble's crime rate was at 593.7. The town/city was the namesake for Humble Oil and Refining Company, which later consolidated with the Exxon corporation. Humble Negro Cemetery The Shell Houston Open, an annual PGA Tour event is played at Golf Club of Houston, positioned in an unincorporated region near Humble.
Humble City Hall Humble High School Humble is served by the Humble Independent School District.
The town/city of Humble has three enhance elementary schools: Humble Elementary School Humble is served by Ross Sterling Middle School (formerly by Humble Middle School), Humble High School, Atascocita High School and Summer Creek High School. All students attending the Humble Independent School District have the option to attend Quest High School, a magnet high school in the Atascocita section of unincorporated Harris County.
Mary Magdalene School, is in Humble. The closest Catholic high school is Frassati Catholic High School in north Harris County; the creators of the school intended for it to serve Humble. Humble is served by the Lone Star College System (formerly North Harris Montgomery Community College District).
Lone Star College System (formerly the North Harris Montgomery Community College District) serves the area. In 1972, inhabitants of Humble ISD and two other K 12 school districts voted to problematic the North Harris County College District.
The Humble region is presently served by Lone Star College, Kingwood. The Harris County Public Library Octavia Fields Branch Library is positioned at 1503 South Houston Avenue in Humble.
Humble's first enhance library opened in 1921 with the books stored in the high school.
In 1923 the library was split between the Humble High School and the Woodward School at Moonshine Hill.
In 1928 the library moved into the then-new Humble courthouse.
Some areas outside of Humble with Humble, TX postal addresses are in adjacency to the Baldwin Boettcher Branch Library at Mercer Park. The 10,137-square-foot (941.8 m2) branch opened in 1986. It was constructed on donated land.
Humble news is veiled by three improve newspapers: Community Impact Newspaper Lake Houston/Humble/Kingwood version (website), The Tribune Newspaper (website) and The Observer Newspaper.
"Squatty" Lyons Health Center in Humble.
Humble Surgical Hospital is a multi-specialty, physician-owned surgical hospital offering a range of surgical procedures.
The hospital is positioned just off the freeway near downtown Humble, Texas, and serves the populace of greater Houston, including the communities of Humble, Kingwood, Atascocita and The Woodlands.
Humble Surgical Hospital opened in 2010.
The United States Postal Service Humble Post Office is positioned at 1202 1st Street East. The Foxbrook Finance Unit is positioned near Humble in an unincorporated area; On Monday May 10, 2008, the Foxbrook postal service was dedicated as the "Texas Military Veterans Post Office" in a ceremony hosted by U.S.
Pam Lychner State Jail, a Texas Department of Criminal Justice state jail for men, is positioned in Atascocita in unincorporated northeast Harris County, east of Humble.
Dan Huberty, Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Humble since 2011 Franka Potente, German movie star, spent some months as an exchange student in Humble at age 17.
Humble is the site of a Confederate concentration camp in Harry Turtledove's alternate history novel Settling Accounts: In at the Death.
Humble Criminal Justice Center and Humble Police Department Oil field, Humble, Texas (postcard, about 1836-2001) The Wildcats is the Humble High School football team.
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