The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Howard Township and Howard County are both named for Tilghman Howard, an Indiana congressman.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Howard’s history is told.
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Before
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2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Howard is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Howard has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Douglass School in Kokomo, 4.3 miles away.
Howard and the nearest listed places
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How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Douglass School’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Howard?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Howard’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons