Houstonia

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Houstonia \Hous*to"ni*a\, n. [NL. So named after Dr. William
     Houston, an English surgeon and botanist.] (Bot.)
     A genus of small rubiaceous herbs, having tetramerous
     salveform blue or white flower. There are about twenty
     species, natives of North America. Also, a plant of this
     genus.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Houstonia, MO (city, FIPS 33256)
    Location: 38.89943 N, 93.35980 W
    Population (1990): 283 (113 housing units)
    Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 65333

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Houstonia, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
     Population (2000):    275
     Housing Units (2000): 105
     Land area (2000):     0.197025 sq. miles (0.510292 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.197025 sq. miles (0.510292 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            33256
     Located within:       Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
     Location:             38.898487 N, 93.358869 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     65333
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Houstonia, MO
      Houstonia