Howard County is the name of seven counties in the United States of America:
- Howard County, Arkansas, named for James H. Howard, Arkansas state senator
- Howard County, Indiana, named for Tilghman Ashurst Howard, U.S. Representative from Indiana
- Howard County, Iowa, named for Tilghman Ashurst Howard, U.S. Representative from Indiana
- Howard County, Maryland, named for John Eager Howard, fifth Governor of Maryland
- Howard County, Missouri, named after Benjamin Howard, governor of the Missouri Territory
- Howard County, Nebraska, named for Oliver Otis Howard, American Civil War general
- Howard County, Texas, named for Volney Eskine Howard, U.S. Representative from Texas
Famous quotes containing the words howard and/or county:
“Scarlett O’Hara: What shall we do? Ashley, what’s to become of us?
Ashley Wilkes: What do you think becomes of people when their civilization breaks up? Those who have brains and courage come through all right. Those who aren’t are winnowed out.”
—Sidney Howard (1891–1939)
“Anti-Nebraska, Know-Nothings, and general disgust with the powers that be, have carried this county [Hamilton County, Ohio] by between seven and eight thousand majority! How people do hate Catholics, and what a happiness it was to show it in what seemed a lawful and patriotic manner.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)