{{short description|Unincorporated community in Georgia, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} '''Howell''' is an unincorporated community and former town in Echols County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.<ref>{{GNIS|315761}}</ref>
==History== {{US Census population |1910= 194 |1920= 198 |1930= 171 |1940= 174 |1950= 169 |1960= 141 |1970= 99 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decade|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><br> 1850-1870<ref name=1870CensusGA>{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population – Georgia – Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1870|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf }}</ref> 1870-1880<ref name=1880CensusGA>{{Cite web|title= 1880 Census of Population – Georgia – Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-09.pdf }}</ref><br> 1890-1910<ref name=1910CensusGA>{{Cite web|title= 1910 Census of Population – Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf }}</ref> 1920-1930<ref name=1930CensusGA>{{Cite web|title= 1930 Census of Population – Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |pages=251–256}}</ref><br> 1940<ref name=1940CensusGA>{{Cite web|title= 1940 Census of Population – Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf }}</ref> 1950<ref name=1950CensusGA>{{Cite web|title= 1950 Census of Population – Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf }}</ref> 1960<ref name=1960CensusGA>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population – Population of County Subdivisions – Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1960|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-12-c.pdf}}</ref><br> 1970<ref name=1970CensusGA>{{Cite web|title= 1970 Census of Population – Population of County Subdivisions – Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1970|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ga-01.pdf}}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusGA>{{Cite web|title= 1980 Census of Population – Number of Inhabitants – Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf}}</ref> 1990<ref name=1990CensusGA>{{Cite web|title= 1990 Census of Population – Summary Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics – Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1990|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cph-5/cph-5-12.pdf}}</ref><br> 2000<ref name=2000CensusGA>{{Cite web|title= 2000 Census of Population – General Population Characteristics – Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf }}</ref> }}
A post office called Howell was established in 1899, and remained in operation until 1957.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=GA | title=Post Offices | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=January 4, 2019}}</ref>
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place in 1905 as the Town of Howell.<ref>{{cite book|title=Acts Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yxw4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA891|year=1905|publisher=J. Johnston|page=891}}</ref> The town's municipal charter was dissolved in 1995.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/h.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=113 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>
It first appeared as a town in the 1910 United States census with a population of 194.<ref name=1910CensusGA/> It last appeared in the 1970 United States census.<ref name=1970CensusGA/><ref name=1980CensusGA/> It was consolidated into the Echols County government in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news|title= QA on the News: Are there any non-partisan commissions in Georgia? |newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution|date= November 23, 2010|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution/140444139/ |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
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Category:Former municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:Unincorporated communities in Echols County, Georgia Category:Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:Populated places disestablished in 1995
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