Humansville

History

Humansville was named after an American settler James Human who settled in the area in 1834. A post office called Humansville has been in operation since 1839. During the Civil War, a skirmish was fought on the town's outskirts on March 26, 1862, in which approximately 300 to 400 Missouri Confederates under Col. James M. Frazier of Cedar County clashed with two companies of pro-Union Missouri State Militia. Casualties were few, but Col. Frazier was himself mortally wounded, which caused the Confederates to retreat. The George Dimmitt Memorial Hospital was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

Geography

Humansville sits on Brush Creek and the line of the old Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway. It is northwest of Bolivar, the seat of Polk County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  315
• Turkey Vulture

  Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  251
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  217
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  216
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  197
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  183
• Bald Eagle

  Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  173
• Common Loon

  Gavia immer (Brunnich, 1764) · Aves
  173

Largest nearby schools

• HUMANSVILLE ELEM.
  Elementary · HUMANSVILLE · 177 students · 10.4:1 ratio
• HUMANSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
  Middle · Humansville · 104 students · 13:1 ratio
• HUMANSVILLE HIGH
  High · HUMANSVILLE · 87 students · 10.9:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.53 — 2018-04-29
  3 km WNW of Evergreen, Missouri
• M 2.6 — 2015-04-04
  3 km ESE of Clinton, Missouri
• M 2.6 — 2008-11-06
  4 km E of Phillipsburg, Missouri
• M 3.3 — 2005-05-18
  Missouri