Talk:Howard, Ohio

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I placed the rewrite tag because of the article's overall condition. I don't doubt that the place exists, but I know nothing about it, even its location: is this really Howard Township? Is it located elsewhere in the county? Is it just a locality, or does it have some official status — and if an official status, what kind? Aside from bits like advertising (I would delete, except for all I know the statements are correct and only expressed in a POV manner), the article needs sources on many matters. I'm very curious to find out how we know that it has 5,000+ people if it's not a CDP — or if it is, why it's not on the county map for Knox County. In short: please remove advertisements, source items, and explain the nature of Howard. Nyttend 19:49, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I will work on this. I actually know people that live there. Dragon's Wish 16:32, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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I removed most of this article because of its altogether unsourced nature. You can't determine the exact population, income, crime, etc. of an unincorporated area, unless it's a CDP, which this isn't. All that I can imagine is that someone got this confused with some other place, whether Howard Township or somewhere else. Nyttend 14:51, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My family moved from Parkersburg, WV to the little community called Howard, Ohio in 1964. @ that time Howard had a Grain Elevator, two gas stations, Ralston's Art Memorial, Heaton's Appliances, Red Wing shoe store, complete with the local cobbler, two Hair Stylists, A local Barber, General Store and Post office and last but not least, a bar and a local hang out called "John's Pool Hall". I have seen Howard township change over the years, but I can attest to the fact that this place does really exisit. It is still unincorporated and will remain so, I am sure. The coming of the Rail Road made for a very succesful town in the late 1800's with distilleries, livery stables, stage coach stops, hotels, smithies and the like. However, with the coming of Automobiles, folks didn't use the train as much and the little town died out. It was started as a town called Indian Field w/Post Office, then the name was changed to Kinderhook, Ohio -- posssibly getting it's name from the candidate Van Buren for President (Old Kinderhook after his bith place in NY.) When the Rail Road came through the name was changed to Howard, taking it's name from the first Man to build a home in the viallage. In 1968 the plans were made for a resort Community called Apple Valley, which is the address of Howard. Hope this helps. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Classictbird59 (talk • contribs) 17:22, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]