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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.

Our sources for Howell (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Howell other than they indicate that Howell would be found somewhere in Vanderburgh County, Indiana.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1893 and closed  in 1898.

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.

Within Indiana, the name Howell is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Woodruff County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Howell [Woodruff County].
    • Georgia
      • Columbia County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Howell [Columbia County].
      • Echols County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Howell [Echols County].
    • Idaho
      • Boise County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Howell [Boise County].
      • Latah County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Howell [Latah County].
    • 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
      • Carlton 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 Minnesota community of Howell [Carlton County].
    • Mississippi
      • George County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Howell [George County].
      • Jackson 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 Mississippi community of Howell [Jackson County].
      • Rankin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Howell [Rankin County].
    • Missouri
      • Saint Charles County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Howell [Saint Charles County].
    • New Jersey
      • Monmouth 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 New Jersey community of Howell [Monmouth County].
    • New York
      • Orange County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Howell [Orange County].
    • North Carolina
      • Beaufort 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 North Carolina community of Howell [Beaufort County].
    • Ohio
      • Lawrence County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Howell [Lawrence County].
      • Logan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Howell [Logan County].
    • Oregon
      • Marion 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 Oregon community of Howell [Marion County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Cumberland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Howell [Cumberland County].
    • South Dakota
      • Hand 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 South Dakota community of Howell [Hand County].
    • 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
      • Cabell 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 West Virginia community of Howell [Cabell County].
    • Wyoming
      • Albany County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Howell [Albany County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Howell ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Howell:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Howell - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Howell.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 18/34996   (Place Name: Howell)

County: Vanderburgh     (FIPS State/County: 18/163)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Howell) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in  Vanderburgh 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 Vanderburgh County.

BarNorth Howell
Belt YardNorth Park
  
ErskineOakdam
  
GarvinParrett
GrimwoodPigeon Creek
  
IglehartSaint George
Indian MoundsStaser
IngleStraight Line Junction
Ingle's 
 University Heights
Lawndale 
 Wansford
McCutchan 
 Zipps

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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