Howe, Indiana
Census-designated place in Indiana, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Census-designated place in Indiana, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Howe is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lima Township, LaGrange County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census its population was 807.[3]
Howe, Indiana | |
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Coordinates: 41°43′22″N 85°25′32″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | LaGrange |
Township | Lima |
Area | |
• Total | 1.79 sq mi (4.63 km2) |
• Land | 1.79 sq mi (4.63 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Elevation | 876 ft (267 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 610 |
• Density | 341.16/sq mi (131.74/km2) |
ZIP code | 46746 |
FIPS code | 18-34978 |
GNIS feature ID | 2629774[2] |
Howe was settled in 1834. At that time, it was named "Mongoquinong", a name that the Potawatomi people had given to the prairie in northeastern Indiana. Shortly thereafter it was renamed "Lima" and was, at that time, the county seat. It was later renamed "Howe" after John B. Howe, a local attorney.[4]
The Howe Military School, the town's most famous attraction, was founded in 1884.
Sites in Howe on the National Register of Historic Places are:
Kingsbury Hotel
Howe is located in northern LaGrange County at the intersection of State Road 120 and State Road 9. It is the principal community in Lima Township. It is 2 miles (3 km) south of Interstate 80/90 (the Indiana Toll Road), and 5 miles (8 km) north of LaGrange, the county seat.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Howe census-designated place has an area of 1.8 square miles (4.6 km2), all of it recorded as land.[5] The Pigeon River, a tributary of the St. Joseph River, flows westward along the southern edge of the community.
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