Donna, Try the link below when you want to locate towns, etc. Howard is/was located latitude 402042N and longitude 0941710W. If you have a map program like Delorme Street Atlas you can search by those numbers , some of the land features in the area are; Clayber Branch, SR C, SR Y, Chalk Run, and farther to the east is Lone Star http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form Hope this helps Trish/ WA ----- Original Message ----- From: Donna To: MOGENTRY-L@rootsweb.com Sent: 05/03/2001 2:04:20 PM Subject: Information on a town Could someone tell me if there was ever a town by the name of Howard in Gentry county back in the late 1860's or early 1870's? Does it still exist? I can't find it on my atlas. I'm researching the name HARKEY from that area. Thank you. Donna ============================== Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 -Trish Minor --- trishm47@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.