Howard County is the name of seven counties in the United States of America:
- Howard County, Arkansas, named for James H. Howard, Arkansas state senator
- Howard County, Indiana, named for Tilghman Ashurst Howard, U.S. Representative from Indiana
- Howard County, Iowa, named for Tilghman Ashurst Howard, U.S. Representative from Indiana
- Howard County, Maryland, named for John Eager Howard, fifth Governor of Maryland
- Howard County, Missouri, named after Benjamin Howard, governor of the Missouri Territory
- Howard County, Nebraska, named for Oliver Otis Howard, American Civil War general
- Howard County, Texas, named for Volney Eskine Howard, U.S. Representative from Texas
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