Community Center Gazebo - Humansville, MO
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YoSam.
N 37° 47.675 W 093° 34.647
15S E 449160 N 4183180
Not the county seat, so the community center is really the center of this town
Waymark Code: WMN18R
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 12/06/2014
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County of gazebo: Polk County
Location of gazebo: Ohio St. & Human St., just E. of MO 123, community center lawn, Humansville
Not much information on this gazebo, but the town is interesting.
Only town in the WORLD named Humansville.
Wikipedia states the town was incorporated in 1873; when actually it was incorporated May 30th 1872
Zoe Akins was born here. Her father, Thomas J. Akins, opened the Humansville People's Headquarters department store (1890) and became the first president of the local bank
"Humansville, the country's second town, was settled by James Human, 1834, who located near Paxton Spring, which has a measured flow of 445,000 gals. daily. In War Between the States, skirmishes occurred there Mar., 1862 and Oct., 1863. The county, divided in loyalty, was raided by guerrilla bands and Bolivar was occupied by troops of one side or the other during most of the war." ~ State Historical Society of Missouri