Welcome to Howardstown ...Howardstown is located in Nelson County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Howardstown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893. Howardstown is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Howardstown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel south from Howardstown (for example, toward Greensburg), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Area Code for Howardstown: 502 Communities near Howardstown ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Howardstown.
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 Howardstown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Howardstown. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Howardstown. 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 Howardstown. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Howardstown. See our Newspapers Page for Howardstown. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Howardstown ...Looking for more information about Howardstown? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Howardstown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Howardstown. Adding Howardstown to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Howardstown 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 Howardstown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Howardstown. Footnotes ...
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