Howard County is located 50 miles due north of Indianapolis

Welcome to the Official Website for Howard County, Indiana. Located in North Central Indiana, the county seat of Howard County is in Kokomo, Indiana.

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Howard County is located 50 miles due north of Indianapolis, 130 miles southeast of Chicago, and 160 miles northwest of Cincinnati. There are 85,000 citizens within Howard County, and all are ideally positioned in the Midwest and the state for shopping, recreational activities, business endeavors, and cultural events. Other incorporated towns within Howard County are Greentown and Russiaville.

Howard County was first occupied by the Miami Indians, but during the 1800's, David Foster, a Virginia minister, arrived in the community. Before long, Foster owned most of the land in the area. Eventually, he donated 40 acres of his land to develop a county seat. Foster named this new community after a Miami Indian, KO KO MO. Kokomo became a city in 1854.

The discovery of natural gas during this period rapidly expanded bringing important industries to Howard County. The area also attracted innovative minds, like that of Elwood Haynes, inventor and producer of the first commercially built automobile in 1894.

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