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:
“Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)
“In the county there are thirty-seven churches
and no butcher shop. This could be taken
as a matter of all form and no content.”
—Maxine Kumin (b. 1925)