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Howe, Indiana is an unincorporated town in north-central LaGrange County, Indiana at the intersection of Indiana State Road 120 and Indiana State Road 9 .


HISTORY

Howe was settled in 1834. At that time, it was named Mongoquinong, a name that the Potawatomi Indians had given to the prairie in northeastern Indiana. Shortly thereafter it was renamed Lima and was, at that time, the county seat. It was later renamed Howe after John B. Howe, a local banker.


ATTRACTIONS

Howe is most famous for the Howe Military Academy, founded in 1884.