- Howe, Indiana
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Howe
settlement_type = Town
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image_caption = Classic farmhouse along the south side of State Road 120 on the east side of Howe. (Home of Phil and Dorothy Yunker).
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name =United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 =Indiana
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = LaGrange
subdivision_type3 = Township
subdivision_name3 = Lima
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latd = 41
latm = 43
lats = 17
latNS = N
longd = 85
longm = 25
longs = 14
longEW = W
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_ft = 879
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postal_code_type =ZIP code
postal_code = 46746
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blank_info = [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:436547 436547]
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footnotes =Howe is an unincorporated town in Lima Township, LaGrange County,
Indiana .Local Places on the National Register
Sites in Howe on the National Register of Historic Places are:
* John Badlam Howe Mansion which is also known as the Howe Military School Rectory or the Administration Building
* Lima Township School
*St. James Memorial Chapel
* Star Milling and Electric Company Historic District
* Samuel P. Wlliams HouseGeography
Howe is located at coor dms|41|43|17|N|85|25|14|W|city at the intersection of State Road 120 and State Road 9. It is approximately three miles south of the IN US 80/90 tollroad and five miles north of LaGrange.
History
Howe was settled in 1834. At that time, it was named Mongoquinong, a name that the
Potawatomi Indians 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 banker.The Howe Military School, the town's most famous attraction, was founded in 1884.
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Howe Military School References
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