Howe is an unincorporated town in Lima Township

Lima Township, LaGrange County, Indiana

Lima Township is one of eleven townships in LaGrange County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,387.-External links:* *...

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LaGrange County, Indiana

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Indiana

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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 House

Geography

Howe is located at 41°43′17"N 85°25′14"W at the intersection of State Road 120 and State Road 9. It is approximately three miles south of the IN US 80/90 toll road and five miles north of LaGrange

LaGrange, Indiana

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History

Howe was settled in 1834. At that time, it was named Mongoquinong, a name that the Potawatomi

Potawatomi

The Potawatomi are a Native American people of the upper Mississippi River region. They traditionally speak the Potawatomi language, a member of the Algonquian family. In the Potawatomi language, they generally call themselves Bodéwadmi, a name that means "keepers of the fire" and that was applied...

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.