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:

    “The judiciary has fallen to a very low state in this country. I think your part of the country has suffered especially. The federal judges of the South are a disgrace to any country, and I’ll be damned if I put any man on the bench of whose character and ability there is the least doubt.”
    —William Howard Taft (1857–1930)

    “I believe the citizens of Marion County and the United States want to have judges who have feelings and who are human beings.”
    —Paula Lopossa, U.S. judge. As quoted in the New York Times, p. B9 (May 21, 1993)