Familiar Places: Howard County, Indiana, USA

Howard County, Indiana, USA

Howard County is located in Indiana. The county was organized in 1844 and was called Richardville County.  It was named after Jean Baptiste Richardville, a chief of the Miami.  His native name was Pe-che-wa which means "Wildcat", the local creek the Wildcat Creek may have been named after him.  Just 2 years later in 1846 the county was renamed to Howard County to honor General Tighman Howard, a U.S. Representative from Indiana, who died in 1844. (1)

 

Here is the county seal:

"Howard County, Indiana seal" by Source. Licensed under Fair use via Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Howard_County,_Indiana_seal.png#/media/File:Howard_County,_Indiana_seal.png

Here is where Howard County is in Indiana:

"Map of Indiana highlighting Howard County" by David Benbennick - The maps use data from nationalatlas.gov, specifically countyp020.tar.gz on the Raw Data Download page. The maps also use state outline data from statesp020.tar.gz. The Florida maps use hydrogm020.tar.gz to display Lake Okeechobee.. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Indiana_highlighting_Howard_County.svg#/media/File:Map_of_Indiana_highlighting_Howard_County.svg

 

 

People of interest:

• CHANDLER, living male
• BOWMAN, Doyle F. Buck 1913-1995
• COOK, Elmer M. 1917-1980
• DARLING, George Vern 1904-2001
• ERWIN, Edna 1833-1871
• ERWIN, Jane 1824-1898
• HORN, Ivan Jacob William 1874-1919
• HORN, Jacob W 1825-1899
• HORN, Jacob William 1874-1919
• HORN, James 1850-1892
• HORN, Jane "Jennie 1864-1930
• HORN, Leona Mary Madgelean "Madge" 1900-1985
• HORN, Nancy 1857-1891
• HORN, Ruben Arletha Francis 1898-1956
• JOHNSON, Willie C. 1911-1973
• MARTIN, Vivian Elsie 1913-2001
• PAINTER, Frances Mary 1885-1978
• ROBERSON, Laury Ann 1962-1963
• RODMAN, Abel Thatcher 1831-1911
• RODMAN, Abel Theodore 1870-1937
• RODMAN, Indiana Leurhetta "Rhetta" Didana 1880-1962
• SELLERS, Benjamin Franklin "Frank"
• SELLERS, Charles E 1902-1977
• SELLERS, Ella B 1895-?
• SELLERS, Flossie J 1890-1956
• SELLERS, Fred Lawrence 1892-1985
• SELLERS, Freida Mary Jane 1919-1966
• SELLERS, Gladys L. 1909-1996
• SELLERS, Roy 1905-?
• TIMMONS, Amanda K. 1869-1953

I know there are more but this was created using the Family Tree Maker Software, I need to go through each person's documents to make sure they show the specific locations.  This is what I have for now though.  I will be making memorial pages for each direct ancestor so be on the look out for these names to be linked in the future.

Cities/towns of interest:

• Greentown
• Kokomo

This page will grow as I dig further back on my family tree.

 

(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_County,_Indiana

 

 







Familiar Places: Greentown, Howard, Indiana, USA

Greentown, Howard, Indiana, USA

Greentown is located in Howard County, Indiana, USA.  It is home to the Howard County Fair Grounds.  It was incorporated as a town in 1873.  A popular version of how Greentown got it's name is that prior to Liberty township's formation the area was known as Green Township.  The locals that were living during that time wanted to preserve the name of the township in some way, so when the area was incorporated as a town it was called Greentown.  Also there was a local Native American Chief called Green, so it could have been named after him as well. (1)

 

"Howard County Indiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Greentown Highlighted" by Arkyan - My own work, based on public domain information. Based on similar map concepts by Ixnayonthetimmay. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Howard_County_Indiana_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Greentown_Highlighted.svg#/media/File:Howard_County_Indiana_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Greentown_Highlighted.svg

 

This is where Greentown is located in Howard County, and Indiana.

 

Historical events of interest:

• Indiana earthquake of 30 Dec 2010

People of Interest:

• CHANDLER, living male

This page may expand should I run across more people who lived here and different time periods, as I go through my family tree.

 

(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greentown,_Indiana



Familiar Places: Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana

Kokomo is the county seat of Howard County, Indiana. (1) On 01 January 2012 Kokomo annexed more than 7 square miles on the south and west sides of the city which included Alto and Indian Heights. (1) Kokomo was named after the Native American Ma-Ko-Ko-Mo (meaning Black Walnut) who was called "Chief Kokomo." (1) He was not a Chief though, he was one of four sons of Chief Richardville, the last of the Miamis Indian Chiefs. David Foster was known as the "Father of Kokomo" and claimed he named the city after the "orneriest Indian on earth" because Kokomo was "the orneriest town on earth." (1)

On 06 October 1886 they found natural gas in Kokomo. This caused an increasing number of industries to be interested in Kokomo, which resulted in many industrial and technical achievements. (1) Kokomo is considered a pioneer of automobile manufacturing in the U.S. with the first successful trial run of Elwood Haynes' "horseless carriage." The first push button car radio was developed at the Delco Radio Division in Kokomo. The Kemp Brothers Canning Co. developed the first canned tomato juice. The first mechanical corn picker was developed here. The first Ponderosa Steakhouse opened here. The first McDonalds with a diner inside was opened here. Other things that first happened in Kokomo was: the pneumatic rubber tire, aluminum casting, Kingston carburetor, Stellite cobalt-base alloy, stainless steel table ware, the Howitzer shell, aerial bomb with fins, Dirilyte golden-hued tableware, all-metal life boats and rafts, signal-seeking car radio, transistorized signal-seeking car (hybrid) radio, all transistor car radio. (1)


Here is where Kokomo is located within Howard County, and where Howard County is located in Indiana:

"Howard County Indiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Kokomo Highlighted" by Arkyan - My own work, based on public domain information. Based on similar map concepts by Ixnayonthetimmay. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Howard_County_Indiana_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Kokomo_Highlighted.svg#/media/File:Howard_County_Indiana_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Kokomo_Highlighted.svg

Here is the city seal:

"City of kokomo seal" by Source. Licensed under Fair use via Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:City_of_kokomo_seal.JPG#/media/File:City_of_kokomo_seal.JPG

 

Here are the current city limits:

https://www.maptechnica.com/us-city-boundary-map/city/Kokomo/state/IN/cityid/1840392

Here are the city limits as they were prior to the 2012 annex:

http://indiana.hometownlocator.com/in/howard/kokomo.cfm#boundarymap

This was the closest I could find.  Home town locator has old boundaries shown on a current map.  I know this because as you can see I show the current boundaries above.  However the new 31 didn't go around the town and the old 31 relabeled 931 until 2013.  As you can see the annex allowed Kokomo to claim most of the new US 31 and the part of IN 26 that runs through the area.

As I go through my family tree I am sure I will have more to add to this page.  Many people in our family lives or lived in this area through out the ages.

People of interest:

• CHANDLER, living male

(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokomo,_Indiana