Howardstown, Kentucky
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Howardstown, Kentucky is an unincorporated community located on the Rolling Fork River in the southern portion of Nelson County, Kentucky, United States.[1]
A post office was established in Howardstown in 1893, and named for the local Howard family. A member of that family, William Howard, had first settled the area c. 1811.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Howardstown, Kentucky". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 145. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved April 28, 2013.