Howard County

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

Famous quotes containing the words howard and/or county:

    “Doctor, I want you to make it known to your government that it can trust us implicitly, for we do not want any of your territory. We only want your trade.”
    —William Howard Taft (1857–1930)

    “In the County Tyrone, in the town of Dungannon,”
    —Unknown. The Old Orange Flute (l. 1)