Welcome to Howesville ...Howesville is located in Preston County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Howesville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871. Howesville is 2,210 feet [674 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Howesville is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Howesville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Howesville: 304 & 681<3> Communities Also Named Howesville ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Howesville - it's located in Indiana. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Howesville. Communities near Howesville ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Howesville.
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 Howesville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Howesville. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Howesville. 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 Howesville. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Howesville. See our Newspapers Page for Howesville. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Howesville ...Looking for more information about Howesville? 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 Howesville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Howesville. Adding Howesville to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Howesville 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 Howesville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Howesville. Footnotes ...
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