Howard, Indiana

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Howard, Indiana

|settlement_type = Unincorporated community

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|image_map = Map of Indiana highlighting Parke County.svg

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|map_caption = Parke County's location in Indiana

|pushpin_map = USA Indiana Parke County

|pushpin_label = Howard

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|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Parke County

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Indiana

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Parke

|subdivision_type3 = Township

|subdivision_name3 = Liberty

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

|utc_offset = -5

|timezone_DST = EDT

|utc_offset_DST = -4

|elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2017-04-16|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=October 25, 2007}}

|elevation_m = 169

|elevation_ft = 554

|coordinates = {{coord|39|54|58|N|87|22|32|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 47859

|area_code = 765

|blank_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank_info = [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:436532 432532]

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Howard, also known as Burton or Westport, is an unincorporated community in Liberty Township, Parke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.{{cite web | url = {{GNIS3|436532}} | title = Howard, Indiana | work = Geographic Names Information System | publisher = United States Geological Survey | accessdate = July 22, 2017}}

History

Howard was named after Tilghman Howard, a U.S. Representative from Indiana.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/172 172]|quote=...named for Tilghman A. Howard, soldier and politician...}}

Geography

Howard is located at {{coord|39|54|54|N|87|22|26|W|type:city}} at an elevation of 554 feet.

References

{{Parke County, Indiana}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Parke County, Indiana

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