Howard County

Howard County is the name of seven counties in the United States of America:

  • Howard County, Arkansas, named for James H. Howard, Arkansas state senator
  • Howard County, Indiana, named for Tilghman Ashurst Howard, U.S. Representative from Indiana
  • Howard County, Iowa, named for Tilghman Ashurst Howard, U.S. Representative from Indiana
  • Howard County, Maryland, named for John Eager Howard, fifth Governor of Maryland
  • Howard County, Missouri, named after Benjamin Howard, governor of the Missouri Territory
  • Howard County, Nebraska, named for Oliver Otis Howard, American Civil War general
  • Howard County, Texas, named for Volney Eskine Howard, U.S. Representative from Texas

Famous quotes containing the words howard and/or county:

    “Lawsy, we’ve got to have a doctor! I don’t know nuthin’ ‘bout birthin’ babies.”
    —Sidney Howard (1891–1939)

    “In the County Tyrone, in the town of Dungannon,”
    —Unknown. The Old Orange Flute (l. 1)