Welcome to Howardsville ...So far, we found very little information about Howardsville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Howardsville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Howardsville, please Contact Us. Howardsville would have been located within present day San Juan County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Howardsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874. While the community is gone, the present day location for Howardsville is 9,740 feet [2,969 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Howardsville is about 1¾ mile [or ~3 km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Howardsville was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Codes where Howardsville was located: 970 & 748<4> Going back to its beginning, Howardsville was originally named Bullion City. For more information about the names of Howardsville, see The Names of Howardsville on our Genealogy Page. Communities Also Named Howardsville ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Howardsville - they are located in Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Virginia (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Howardsville. Communities near Howardsville ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Howardsville.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Howardsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Howardsville. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Howardsville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Howardsville. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Howardsville. See our Newspapers Page for Howardsville. Adding Howardsville to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Howardsville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Howardsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Howardsville. Footnotes ...
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