Howell County
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county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- March 2, 1857
- Named after
- Josiah Howell
- Seat
- West Plains
- Largest city
- West Plains
- Total
- 928 sq mi (2,400 km )
- Land
- 927 sq mi (2,400 km )
- Water
- 1.1 sq mi (2.8 km ) 0.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 40,798
- Density
- 42.9/sq mi (16.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- howellcounty .net
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Howell County is in southern Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 39,750. The largest city and county seat is West Plains. The county was officially organized on March 2, 1857, and is named after Josiah Howell, a pioneer settler in the Howell Valley.
Howell County comprises the West Plains, MO, Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Howell County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.