Humbolt Cemetery

Humbolt Cemetery is located in Pulaski County, MO., on Highway 17 North in Crocker, Missouri. According to Tombstone Inscriptions of Pulaski County it is on private land and is in extremely bad condition. It is possible that the spelling of this graveyard should actually be Humboldt. Humboldt, Missouri, was a village in East Tavern Township 1 mile north of Crocker. Humboldt had a Post Office starting June 1854 until it was discontinued October 1868 to Talent City. Humboldt Post Office was changed to Crocker in 1869, after the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway was completed. The railroad bypassed the town of Humboldt and was the death knell for the settlement. It was named for Mr. Humboldt who kept a store there.

Humbolt Cemetery is small, only 7 marked graves. The family surnames that can be found on tombstones here are: Decker, Eligel, Lawson, Loague, and McDaniel. The stones date to the 1870’s with one stone dated 1886.