Do you know of Howell ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Howell. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Howell.
Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Howell, so we are uncertain whether Howell is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Howell would be found somewhere in Jackson County, Mississippi.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Howell ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Howell.
There are two communities within Mississippi that are also named Howell.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Mississippi ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Woodruff County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Howell [Woodruff County].
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Howell [Marion County].
- Kansas
- Ford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Howell [Ford County].
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Howell [East Baton Rouge Parish].
- Michigan
- Livingston County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Howell [Livingston County].
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Saint Charles County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Howell [Saint Charles County].
- New Jersey
- New York
- Orange County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Howell [Orange County].
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Cumberland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Howell [Cumberland County].
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Howell [Lincoln County].
- Utah
- Box Elder County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Howell [Box Elder County].
- Virginia
- Patrick County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Howell [Patrick County].
- Roanoke County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Howell [Roanoke County].
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
- Albany County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Howell [Albany County].
- Arkansas
More Orphans in Jackson County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Jackson County.
| Basin | Iowana |
| Belle Fontaine | |
| Bonnie | Laine |
| Bradford | Lewis |
| Cross Roads | Nutbank |
| Daisy - Vestry | Polfry |
| Daisy | |
| Daniel | Quinn |
| Dead Lake | |
| Saint Andrews | |
| Eastlawn | Scranton |
| Florala | Watts |
| Windsor Park |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Howell could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |