Venable is an unincorporated community in northwest Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
The community is on a ridge at the east end of Missouri Route AA and Ellis Prairie is approximately 2.5 miles west on Route AA. The old Venable School was about three-quarters of a mile to the north-northeast. It is about six miles north-northwest of Houston. The Big Piney River is about two miles to the east.Presscott, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1951 (1981 rev.)Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54,
History A post office called Venable was established in 1891, and remained in operation until 1920. The community has the name of P. S. Venable, an early citizen.
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