Howe is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Nemaha County,
Nebraska
Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Ka ...
, United States. Howe is part of
Zip code 68305,
Auburn, Nebraska
Auburn is a city in Nemaha County, Nebraska, United States, and its county seat. The population was 3,470 at the 2020 census.
History
Auburn is an incorporation of two towns. Calvert and Sheridan combined to form Auburn in 1882, in part to ha ...
, with the nearest postal facility at Auburn.
History
A post office was established at Howe in 1882, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1962. The community was named for Major Church Howe, an American diplomat.
Howe was a station and shipping point on the
Missouri Pacific Railroad
The Missouri Pacific Railroad , commonly abbreviated as MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River. MoPac was a Class I railroad growing from dozens of predecessors and mergers. In 1967, the railroad o ...
.
References
Unincorporated communities in Nemaha County, Nebraska
Unincorporated communities in Nebraska
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