Howard

Historical Gazetteer
Steuben County, New York
First Part
Compiled by: Millard F. Roberts
John Single Paper Company, Ltd., Syracuse, N.Y., 1891
This was typed and contributed by Gloria Banks Kirkwood

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Township Indexes: 1891 Gazetteer Pages and Cemetery Lists

HOWARD - page 142

"Is an interior town of the county, located a little north-west of the centre. It was erected from Bath and Dansville, June 18, 1812. A part of Avoca was taken off in 1843, and a part of Fremont in 1854. It is bounded north by Fremont, Cohocton, and Avoca, east by Bath, south by Canisteo, and west by Hornellsville and a portion of Fremont. Its surface is mostly a rolling upland, forming a part of the dividing ridge between the Conhocton and Canisteo rivers. In the northeast part of the town are two small ponds, the waters of which unite with creeks near that section of the town formerly known as Goff's Mills. The soil of this town is a clayey loam.

At Howard Flats, though high, the soil is of a great depth. In a deep valley south of the flats the declivity of the hills shows the debris and outcropping of shale and slate. The streams are all small, and flow into the Conhocton and Canisteo rivers. The population of this town in 1890 was 1,934."

The Business directory for Howard, along with the rest of the Towns can be found using this link:
The Business Directory was stripped from the book and is a fully searchable pdf file.

The Cemeteries for Howard have also been reformatted: Please Use The Links Below:
Allen ~ Burt [Meeks] ~ Dublin ~ Dunham ~ Goff ~ Greenville
Johnson [ 1 & 2] ~ Mc Connell ~ Meeks ~ Merrill ~ New Towlesville ~ Old Towlesville
Rice ~ Sherer ~ Smith Pond ~ Van Delinder ~ White ~ Whiting
Odds: Family Plot on Coal Farm ~ 'Near' Manharts Cemetery ~ Norton ~ Parkhill

There was  file named " Reminiscences of A.M. Cole", written in 1904
Please use this Link for the Text File

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