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Howard County, Indiana

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Top Surnames

Bontrager, Busey, Forehand, Grandstaff and 16 others
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Profiles

  • George D. Troyer (1890 - 1969)
  • Gertrude Vaile (1878 - 1954)
    Gertrude Vaile Gertrude Vaile was a public welfare reformer. Vaile was born in Indiana and when she was about five her family moved to Denver where they became very prominent, socially and p...
  • Candace Johnson (1847 - 1927)
    Mrs Candace Johnson, age eighty, widow of the late Jonathan Johnson, died here at five o'clock Tuesday morning from a complication of diseases. Prior to her marriage twenty-five years ago, she taught s...
  • Earl Ellison McCoy (1884 - 1964)
  • Daisy Laury McCoy (1892 - 1962)

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Official Website

This county was organized in 1844 and was first known as Richardville County. Its first name honored Jean Baptiste Richardville, a chief of the Miami. Richardville's name was Pe-che-wa, which translates to “Wildcat".

In 1846, the name was changed to Howard County, in honor of Gen. Tilghman Howard, U.S. Representative from Indiana, who died in 1844.

Adjacent Counties

Cities, Towns, Townships & Other Communities

  • Alto
  • Cassville
  • Center
  • Clay
  • Ervin
  • Greentown
  • Harrison
  • Hemlock
  • Honey Creek
  • Howard
  • Indian Heights
  • Jackson
  • Kokomo (County Seat)
  • Liberty
  • Monroe
  • New London
  • Oakford
  • Phlox
  • Russiaville
  • Taylor
  • Union
  • West Middleton

Links

Wikipedia

National Register of Historic Places

Genealogy Trails

IN Gen Web

Howard County Memory Project

RAOGK

Howard County Historical Museum


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