# Howe, Indiana

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**Howe** is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area#United_States) and [census-designated place](/source/Census-designated_place) in [Lima Township](/source/Lima_Township,_LaGrange_County,_Indiana), [LaGrange County](/source/LaGrange_County,_Indiana), [Indiana](/source/Indiana). As of the [2020 census](/source/2020_United_States_census), Howe had a population of 610.[2]

## History

Howe was settled in 1834. At that time, it was named "Mongoquinong", a name that the [Potawatomi](/source/Potawatomi) people had given to the prairie in northeastern Indiana. Shortly thereafter it was renamed "Lima" and was, at that time, the [county seat](/source/County_seat). It was later renamed "Howe" after John B. Howe, a local attorney.[3]

The [Howe Military School](/source/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](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) are:

- [John Badlam Howe Mansion](/source/John_Badlam_Howe_Mansion), also known as the Howe Military School Rectory
- Lima Township School
- [St. James Memorial Chapel](/source/St._James_Memorial_Chapel)
- [Star Milling and Electric Company Historic District](/source/Star_Milling_and_Electric_Company_Historic_District)
- [Samuel P. Williams House](/source/Samuel_P._Williams_House)

Kingsbury Hotel

## Geography

Howe is located in northern LaGrange County at the intersection of [State Road 120](/source/State_Road_120_(Indiana)) and [State Road 9](/source/State_Road_9_(Indiana)). It is the principal community in Lima Township. It is 2 miles (3 km) south of Interstate 80/90 (the [Indiana Toll Road](/source/Indiana_Toll_Road)), and 5 miles (8 km) north of [LaGrange](/source/LaGrange,_Indiana), the county seat.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Howe census-designated place has an area of 1.8 sq mi (4.6 square kilometres), all of it recorded as land.[4] The [Pigeon River](/source/Pigeon_River_(St._Joseph_River_tributary)), a tributary of the [St. Joseph River](/source/St._Joseph_River_(Lake_Michigan)), flows westward along the southern edge of the community.

## Notable person

- [Marlin Stutzman](/source/Marlin_Stutzman), U.S. representative, former state senator and state representative[5]

## References

1. ["2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)"](https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME%2CP1_001N&for=place%3A34978&in=state%3A18). *United States Census Bureau*. 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2026.

1. Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). [*From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History*](https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake). Indiana University Press. p. [172](https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/172). ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...renamed for lawyer John B. Howe...

1. ["U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Indiana"](https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_18.txt). *U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division*. Retrieved January 21, 2020.

1. Howey, Brian. ["OPINION | Howey: Rep. Stutzman in the immigration crosshairs"](https://www.courierpress.com/story/opinion/2025/08/01/opinion-howey-rep-stutzman-in-the-immigration-crosshairs/85462108007/). *Courier & Press*. Retrieved 2025-08-30.

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