| Official Name: | Howard, Alabama |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Alabama |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Alabama |
| Pushpin Label: | Howard |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alabama |
| Subdivision Name2: | Fayette |
| Elevation Ft: | 650 |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Coordinates: | 33.8542°N -87.5675°W |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Area Code: | 205, 659 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 155108 |
Howard, also known as Howard Mines or Stovalls Gap, is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, Alabama, United States.
The community is possibly named after the original owner of the surrounding land or for the head of the local coal-mining operation.[1] A post office operated under the name Stovalls Gap from 1926 to 1927 and under the name Howard from 1927 to 1942.[2] Moss & McCormack, a coal company based in Birmingham, leased the area in 1923 to open a coal mine.[3] A miner from Kansas, Alabama died in a mining accident at the Howard Mine in 1935.[4]