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Summary for Howe

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Located in: Barbour County (see below)

Time Zone: Howe lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT)<1>

Telephone Area Codes: 334 & 483<2>

Elevation: 210 feet [64.01 m] above sea level<3>

GPS Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude)<4>

For the purpose of mapping and calculating distances, we have chosen the following reference point for Howe:

Lat: 32.018500° (or 32°1'6" N)

Lon: -85.164100° (or -85°9'50" W)

USGS Topo Map: Howe<5>

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Howe

GNIS ID: 156501

FIPS State / Place Code: 01 / 36310

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Howe)

About Barbour County

The community of Clayton is the County Seat for {Barbour County}.

From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for Barbour)

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:<6>	24,686 (9.66% decrease since 2010)
2010	27,327 (5.89% decrease since 2000)
2000:	29,038

Total Area:<7> 904 sq. miles [2,342.7 km²] - of which 2.17% is water (19.64 sq. miles [50.9 km²])

Housing Units: <8> 11,829

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Barbour

GNIS ID: 161528

FIPS State / County Code: 01 / 005

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Howe)

About Alabama

From the US Census

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:	4,907,965 (2.68% increase since 2010)
2010:	4,779,736 (7.48% increase since 2000)
2000:	4,447,100

Websites for State of Alabama

Official Website: https://www.alabama.gov/

Tourism: https://tourism.alabama.gov/

Parks: https://www.alapark.com/

Fishing: https://www.outdooralabama.com/fishing

Hunting: https://www.outdooralabama.com/hunting

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for State of Alabama

GNIS ID: 1779775

FIPS State: 01

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Howe)

Footnotes ...

<1>	While Howe is in the Central Time Zone, the area just to the east is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).
<2>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Howe area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Howe area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Howe - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>	Longitude & latitude values may not be the geographic center of Howe, rather it may be a prominent intersection or the center of population, etc. It will vary depending on the source.
<5>	Name of the USGS 7.5 Minute topographic map which includes Howe.
<6>	Every year, the US Census Bureau creates a population estimate for the preceeding year. Keep in mind that this value is an estimate and not an actual count. The most recent Census estimate is for the year 2019.
<7>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Howe. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group.
<8>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live (whether occupied or temporarily vacant), such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway).