Humble is 10 square miles in the northeast part of Harris County, just about 20 miles from Houston.
The Humble area was originally part of Austin's Colony, and the first land grant in the area was given in 1824. Pleasant Smith Humble moved to the area in 1869 and took over operating the ferry, a local grocery store, and delivery of the local mail. Mail was forwarded to the attention of Humble, and it’s believed that this is how Humble became the official town name.
The town thrived with logging and a local sawmill, but the discovery of oil in 1903 turned Humble into a boomtown almost overnight. In fact, many of the streets in Humble were named after these early oilmen. By 1905, the area was one of the biggest producing oil fields in Texas. Humble helped establish the oil industry in Texas, and the town’s annual oil days family festival celebrates its oil-rich history with music, dancing, carriage rides and more.
Humble offers residents and visitors great weather and abundant green spaces, including a 312-acre park and nature center with white sand beaches along Spring Creek, swamps and sloughs with century-old cypress trees, and a floodplain located in a hardwood and pine forest. In addition to beautiful parks, Humble boasts a botanic garden, arboretum, nature reserve and a children’s petting farm.