Lake Houston - Humble - Kingwood Edition | October 2025

History

BY EMILY LINCKE

The city’s namesake, Pleasant Smith Humble, opened a post oce in his home for the community in 1886.

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The city’s name is pronounced with a silent “H” because that’s how namesake Pleasant Smith Humble pronounced his name. Humble schools’ rst graduating class was made up of only two students—twin sisters Edith and Ethel Innman.

On Sept. 25, the Humble City Council passed its 1,000th city ordinance.

In 1904, oil was ocially found in Humble for the rst time. Pictured is Humble’s Main Street in 1904.

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Humble creates holiday honoring city’s namesake, founder Sept. 14 has been dubbed “Founder’s Day” in Humble to honor the city’s namesake after Humble City Council unanimously approved the holiday Sept. 11. “We embrace our history,” Mayor Norman Fun- derburk said. “We’re fortunate that we have such a rich history.”

Mill—located in what is now northwest Humble— faced challenges and that post oce closed down, according to an article by Meaux posted on the Humble Museum’s website. A little known fact about Pleasant Smith Humble is that he was also a politician and was elected as a Harris County commissioner in 1876, Meaux said. During his lifetime, Pleasant Smith Humble also served as a store clerk, an attorney and in the Confederate Army during the U.S. Civil War. Looking ahead Funderburk said while city ocials didn’t have time to host a celebration this year, they will organize Founder’s Day events next year.

The history Pleasant Smith Humble, a justice of the peace and ferry operator for whom the city is named, opened a post oce in his home for the community in 1886, according to the city’s website. He was named U.S. postmaster on Sept. 14, 1886, Mayor Pro Tem Bruce Davidson said Sept. 11. When Pleasant Smith Humble opened his post oce, he listed the town as “Humble, Texas,” and the name stuck when the federal government approved the post oce, Humble Museum Execu- tive Director Robert Meaux said via email Sept. 26. He took on the responsibility of handling local mail because the community of Lord’s

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