Howell is an unincorporated community and former town in Echols County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. [1]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1910 | 194 | — | |
1920 | 198 | 2.1% | |
1930 | 171 | −13.6% | |
1940 | 174 | 1.8% | |
1950 | 169 | −2.9% | |
1960 | 141 | −16.6% | |
1970 | 99 | −29.8% | |
U.S. Decennial Census
[2] 1850-1870 [3] 1870-1880 [4] 1890-1910 [5] 1920-1930 [6] 1940 [7] 1950 [8] 1960 [9] 1970 [10] 1980 [11] 1990 [12] 2000 [13] |
A post office called Howell was established in 1899, and remained in operation until 1957. [14]
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place in 1905 as the Town of Howell. [15] The town's municipal charter was dissolved in 1995. [16]
It first appeared as a town in the 1910 U.S. Census with a population of 194. [5] It last appeared in the 1970 U.S. Census. [10] [11] It was consolidated into the Echols County government in 2008. [17]
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