Howellville, Texas
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Howellville or Howell is an
Geography
Howellville is located on Alief Clodine Road, 0.6 miles (1.0 km) east of Texas State Highway 6 (SH 6). The Westpark Tollway is on the north side and parallel with east-west running Alief Clodine Road. O'Donnell Middle School in Alief Independent School District is located on the southeast corner of the Alief Clodine Road and Sugar Land Howell Road intersection. The southwestern corner is occupied by the Park Village Apartments. Hearne Elementary School is one block south of O'Donnell School. A few manufacturing businesses are located a short distance to the northeast on the north side of the tollway. An artificial lake, which is part of Brays Bayou, can be seen approximately 400 yards (366 m) to the north. The name Howell is preserved in two local roads. Sugar Land Howell Road (or Howell Sugar Land Road) begins at the site and extends south 2.8 miles (4.5 km) to Old Richmond Road in Fort Bend County. SH 6 is also called Addicks Howell Road through the area and almost as far north as Interstate 10 at the site of Addicks.[1]
History
T. E. Howell founded a town about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Houston which became a stop on the railroad.
Gallery
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Howell is on a 1915 USGS map. The railroad is identified as the San Antonio and Aransas Pass while the road going north from the 85' benchmark (BM) is Addicks Road. -
Ann Osterloh O'Donnell Middle School is at Alief-Clodine Road and Howell Sugar Land Road. The school is part of Alief Independent School District. -
Howellville appears on a 1982 USGS map. State Highway 6 is the vertical red line at left while Alief-Clodine Road is the dashed red and white line from left to right.
References
- ^ Google (February 1, 2013). "Howellville, Texas" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
- ^ a b Hazlewood, Claudia. "Handbook of Texas Online: HOWELLVILLE, TEXAS". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
- ^ "Clodine Quadrangle 7.5 minute". U.S. Geological Survey. 1919.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "Sugar Land Quadrangle 15 minute". U.S. Geological Survey. 1955.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "Clodine Quadrangle 7.5 minute". U.S. Geological Survey. 1982.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "Press Release: Ceremony Celebrates Westpark Tollway Groundbreaking". Harris County Toll Road Authority. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
