Howard is a

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(CDP) and

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in and governed by Fremont County,

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, United States. The CDP is a part of the Cañon City, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The Howard post office has the ZIP Code 81233. At the

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, the population of the Howard CDP was 723, while the population of the 81233

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was 823 including adjacent areas.

History

The Howard Post Office has been in operation since 1882. The community has the name of John Howard, a local pioneer.

Geography

Howard is located in southwestern Fremont County, not far from the geographic center, or precise east-west, north-south middle point of Colorado. U.S. Route 50 passes through the CDP, leading northwest to Salida and east to

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, the Fremont County seat. Howard is bordered to the southeast by Coaldale. The Howard CDP has an area of , all land. The CDP boundaries extend southwest from the Arkansas River Valley up the eastern slopes of the

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within

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Demographics

The

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initially defined the for the

References

External links

Howard @ Colorado.com

Howard, Colorado Mining Claims And Mines

Fremont County website
{{authority control Census-designated places in Fremont County, Colorado Census-designated places in Colorado Colorado populated places on the Arkansas River

History

Geography

Demographics

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