Howell, IN
Howell
'TOWNSHIP' => 'Perry',
Howell was a railroad town on the "far west" side centered around the old
Howell Train Yard. It was named after Lee
Howell, the local general freight agent for the L&N Railroad.
It was annexed by the city in 1916
s barker formerly front st? hotels restaurants and saloons for out of towners
engineers supposedly built on eninge (dearborn) and conductors signal st
Howell - tekoppel koressel RR barker howell park stinson broadway
HOwell school and bank. library and churches
howell train yards
featured press 8-26-1981
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Howell district
Railroad town on far west side, annexed 1916
named after lee howell local general freight agent for the L&N
city laid out 1885 and shops opened 1889 with not more than half a dozen homes
town boomed and by 1300 near turn of century 75% land owned by employees of shops
Streets were renamed c1900 using an ABC convention
barker actually crossed rr to connect to henderson rd
| Old name | New name
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|---|
| Howell Ave | Arlington St | later Ave
|
| Lower Mt Vernon Rd | Broadway St | later Ave
|
| Engine St | Cambridge St
|
| Electric St | Dearborn St
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| Signal St | Emerson St
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| Vulcan St | Fremont St
|
| Railroad St | Garland St
|
| Barker Ave | -
|
| Daisy Ave | Cumberland Ave
|
| Rose Ave | Delmar Ave
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| Lilly Ave | Ewing Ave
|
| Stinson Ave | Fayette St | Later renamed back to Stinson
|
| Violet Ave | Glendale Ave
|
View HistoricEvansville.com sites located in Howell
View the 1895 Sanborn maps of Howell 78
View the 1899 Atlas
View the 1910 Sanborn maps of Howell 90, 99-103
View the 1962 Sanborn maps of Howell 90, 99-103
roads first appear in 1891 cd
For more information on streets read here
not in 1880 atlas
http://historicevansville.com/atlas1899.php?id=howellHowel 1899 atlas