Howe, Nebraska

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Howe is an unincorporated community in Nemaha County, Nebraska, United States.{{GNIS|830173}} Howe is part of Zip code 68305, Auburn, Nebraska, with the nearest postal facility at Auburn.

History

A post office was established at Howe in 1882, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1962.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=NE&county=Nemaha | title=Nemaha County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=20 August 2014}} The community was named for Major Church Howe, an American diplomat.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dlas_EPVGFEC | title=Nebraska Place-Names | publisher=University of Nebraska Press | author=Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. | year=1960 |isbn=0-8032-5060-6 | pages=106}} A [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=englishunsllc 1925 edition] is available for download at [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/ University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.]

Howe was a station and shipping point on the Missouri Pacific Railroad.{{cite book|last=Sedgwick|first=Theron E.|title=York County, Nebraska and Its People: Together with a Condensed History of the State|url=https://archive.org/details/yorkcountynebras01sedg|year=1921|publisher=S.J. Clarke|page=[https://archive.org/details/yorkcountynebras01sedg/page/131 131]}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Nemaha County, Nebraska

Category:Unincorporated communities in Nebraska