unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, su ...
LaGrange County
Joseph-Louis Lagrange (born Giuseppe Luigi LagrangiaIndiana
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Howe was settled in 1834. At that time, it was named "Mongoquinong", a name that the
Potawatomi
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people had given to the prairie in northeastern Indiana. Shortly thereafter it was renamed "Lima" and was, at that time, the
county seat
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. It was later renamed "Howe" after John B. Howe, a local attorney.
The Howe Military School, the town's most famous attraction, was founded in 1884.
Local places on the National Register
Sites in Howe on the
National Register of Historic Places
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Star Milling and Electric Company Historic District
Star Milling and Electric Company Historic District, also known as Star Mill Falls and Star Gristmill, is a historic industrial complex and national historic district located in Lima Township, LaGrange County, Indiana. The district encompasse ...
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Samuel P. Williams House
Samuel P. Williams House, also known as "Old Home", is a historic home located at Howe, Lima Township, LaGrange County, Indiana. It was built between 1838 and 1843, and is a Western Reserve style frame dwelling. It consists of a -story centr ...
Kingsbury Hotel
Geography
Howe is located in northern LaGrange County at at the intersection of State Road 120 and State Road 9. It is the principal community in Lima Township. It is south of Interstate 80/90 (the
Indiana Toll Road
The Indiana Toll Road, officially the Indiana East–West Toll Road, is a tolled freeway that runs for east–west across northern Indiana from the Illinois state line to the Ohio state line. It has been advertised as the "Main Street of the ...
), and north of
LaGrange
Joseph-Louis Lagrange (born Giuseppe Luigi LagrangiaPigeon River, a tributary of the St. Joseph River, flows westward along the southern edge of the community.