Howard County in bounded on the north by Polk and Pike, on the east by Pike and Hempstead, on the south by Hempstead, and the west by Sevier and Polk Counties. Its greatest length is 42 miles and its average width is about 12 miles.
The county was named for James H. Howard, senator from the Seventeenth District which then included Pike, Sevier and Clark Counties. He had won office with the backing of Governor Powell Clayton as the "Radical Republicans" came to power in Arkansas in 1867.
Howard was the son of James H. Howard, born in Tennessee about 1838, who emigrated to Arkansas about 1853 and settled at Center Point. James Howard learned a shoemaker's trade and married Rebecca J. Dossey in Madison Township.
Source: Howard County Heritage ©1988
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Judi Barret family Tree Maker FilesReid family of Georgia with Howard Co.with Strasher family
The Original Arkansas Genealogy Project The United States Genealogy Easy Index. Social Security Death Index for Howard Co. Gene Stark's Index of Names for all Gen Web Sites Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet, US Arkansas A Ships and Passengers List. Everton's Genealogy in AR, including a map of counties.