INDIANA TRAILS
HISTORY AND GENEALOGY
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Howard County, Indiana
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Howard County
is one of the youngest of Indiana s 92 counties. It was formed in 1844
as Richardville after a chief of the Miami's who occupied much of the
north-central part of the state until treaties left them with little
homeland. The designation was changed to Howard by the Legislature two
years later.
David
Foster, a pioneer who
operated a pelt and gunpowder store at Burlington, is credited with
seeing that Kokomo became the seat of the new county. For it was he who
donated the original 40 acres of land for the village from a section he
had acquired along Wildcat Creek. And he sealed the bargain with the
commissioners by the promise of a log courthouse near his own
recently-erected home and trading post.
From this
meager beginning Kokomo
gained town status in 1855 and became a city ten years later. Today it
boasts some 46,000 of the 85,000 residents of the entire county. Two
other incorporated towns are within the borders of the county
Greentown to the east and Russiaville to the west and south.
Howard
County is ideally situated
for easy access to shopping, recreational activities, business
endeavors, and cultural events. Howard County, Greentown, Kokomo and
Russiaville are ideally located in that they are just a stone s throw
away from several larger cities. Indianapolis, the state capital, is 50
miles due south; Chicago is 130 miles northwest; and Cincinnati is 160
miles southeast.
The
discovery of natural gas
during the late 19th century aided in bringing important industries to
Howard County. And with them came such men as Elwood Haynes, inventor
of the first commercially-built automobile and of many exotic metals
that even today are used worldwide.
Bordering
counties are Carroll
County - Cass County - Clinton County - Grant County - Miami County -
Tipton County
Howard County,
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Places
to get information in Howard County Indiana
Genealogy
and Local History
Services
Kokomo-Howard County Public Library
220 N. Union St. Kokomo, IN 46901 |
The
Kokomo/Howard County
Visitors Center is located at
112 N Washington St
Kokomo, Indiana |
Howard Co.,
Health Department
Vital Records
Room
#209120 E Mulberry St.
Kokomo,
IN 46901
County
Health Department has birth, death and burial records. |
The County
Clerk holds the
marriage, divorce, probate and civil court
records
from 1844.The County Recorder holds the land
records,
Howard
County (Office) Courthouse, Main and Sycamore,
Kokomo
IN
46901-4543 |
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