Humble, Texas
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Humble is a city located in the Houston metropolitan area. Humble became an oil boomtown in the early 20th century when oil was first discovered there in 1904. By 1905, the Humble oilfield was the largest producing oilfield in Texas. Humble was home of The Humble Oil and Refining Company, a predecessor of Exxon.
Downtown Humble facing east (2005)
Sign marking Humble
The exit ramp for Downtown Humble on Interstate 69/U.S. Route 59
Humble City Hall
Boomtown
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A boomtown is a community that undergoes sudden and rapid population and economic growth, or that is started from scratch. The growth is normally attributed to the nearby discovery of a precious resource such as gold, silver, or oil, although the term can also be applied to communities growing very rapidly for different reasons, such as a proximity to a major metropolitan area, huge construction project, or attractive climate.
Ornamental oil derricks in Kilgore, Texas, United States
Trieste, Italy, from the opening of the free port, a boomtown of Central Europe in the northernmost part of the Adriatic.
California attracted tens of thousands of gold prospectors during the Gold Rush of 1849.
"Canvas Town" – South Melbourne, Victoria. Temporary accommodation for the thousands who poured into Melbourne each week in the early 1850s during the Victorian gold rush.