Official Name: | Howevalley, Kentucky |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Kentucky#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Howevalley |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kentucky |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Hardin |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 682 |
Coordinates: | 37.6872°N -86.0883°W |
Area Code: | 270 & 364 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 494687 |
Howevalley is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Kentucky, United States. Howe Valley is located on Kentucky Route 86 12.3miles west of Elizabethtown.[1]
A post office operated in the community from 1852 to 1908. Howevalley (also historically spelled Howe's Valley and Howevalley) is situated in a valley of the same name, which in turn was named for John Howe, an early settler.[2] John Howe was in the American Revolutionary War and was given the land for his work.