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Howard

Howard County is located in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population is 334,529. Since there are no incorporated municipalities, there is no incorporated county seat either.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Howard County General Hospital and Homewood Center.

Hospital
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Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center is a 225-bed, not-for-profit health care provider located in .

School
, also known as Homewood School, is a public secondary institution in , , United States; it is part of the Howard County Public School System.

School
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is a public high school in . It is part of the Howard County Public School System.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Columbia and Clarksville.

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is a planned city in Howard County, . It differs strongly from most notions of what constitutes a "city," as the planner divided the densely populated, but decidedly suburban in character, city into ten "villages," each of which are divided into several neighborhoods, leaving the city with a less obvious center.

Hamlet
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is an unincorporated community in Howard County, ; the second highest-earning county in the United States according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Village
is an unincorporated community located in Howard County, , United States. is located southwest of and north of Washington, D.C., between and .

Howard

Latitude
39.2305° or 39° 13′ 50″ north
Longitude
-76.9166° or 76° 54′ 60″ west
Population
328,000
Elevation
387 feet (118 metres)
Open location code
87F563JM+69
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316964651
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4358598
Wiki­data ID
Q398939
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Howard” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Howard County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة هاوارد”
  • Armenian: “Հովարդ շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Howard”
  • Basque: “Howard konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Howard County, Maryland”
  • Bavarian: “Howard County”
  • Bishnupriya: “হাৱার্ড কাউন্টি, মেরিল্যান্ড”
  • Bishnupriya: “হাৱার্ড কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Хауърд”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Howard”
  • Cebuano: “Howard County”
  • Chechen: “Хауард (гуо, Мэриленд)”
  • Chechen: “Хауард”
  • Chinese: “Howard Kūn”
  • Chinese: “海华郡”
  • Chinese: “霍华德县”
  • Chinese: “霍華德縣”
  • Chinese: “霍華德郡”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Howard, Tir Maria”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Howard”
  • Dutch: “Howard County”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Howard”
  • Finnish: “Howardin piirikunta”
  • French: “Comte de Howard”
  • French: “comté de Howard”
  • French: “Comté de Howard”
  • Georgian: “ჰოვარდის ოლქი”
  • German: “Howard County”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Χάουαρντ”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Χάουαρντ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז הווארד”
  • Hungarian: “Howard megye”
  • Inari Sami: “Howard pirrâdâhkodde”
  • Indonesian: “County Howard, Maryland”
  • Indonesian: “County Howard”
  • Irish: “Contae Howard”
  • Italian: “contea di Howard”
  • Italian: “Contea di Howard”
  • Japanese: “ハワード郡”
  • Korean: “하워드군 (메릴랜드주)”
  • Korean: “하워드군”
  • Latin: “Howard Comitatus”
  • Low German: “Howard County”
  • Marathi: “हॉवर्ड काउंटी, मेरीलँड”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Howard Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Howard Kūn”
  • Northern Frisian: “Howard County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Howard County i Maryland”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Howard County”
  • Norwegian: “Howard County”
  • Ossetian: “Хауард (зылд, Мэриленд)”
  • Ossetian: “Хауард”
  • Persian: “شهرستان هاوارد، مریلند”
  • Persian: “شهرستان هوارد، مریلند”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Howard”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Howard”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Howard, Maryland”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Howard”
  • Russian: “Хауард”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Howard”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Howard County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Хауард”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Howard County, Maryland”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Howard County”
  • Slovenian: “Howard County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Howard”
  • South Azerbaijani: “هاوارد بؤلگه‌سی، مریلند”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Howard”
  • Spanish: “Howard County Maryland”
  • Spanish: “Howard County”
  • Swedish: “Howard County, Maryland”
  • Swedish: “Howard County”
  • Tatar: “Говард (округ, Мэриленд)”
  • Tatar: “Хауард”
  • Turkish: “Howard County, Maryland”
  • Turkish: “Howard County, Md.”
  • Turkish: “Howard County, MD”
  • Turkish: “Howard County”
  • Turkish: “Howard ilçesi, Maryland”
  • Turkish: “Howard ilçesi, Md.”
  • Turkish: “Howard ilçesi, MD”
  • Turkish: “Howard ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Говард”
  • Urdu: “ہاورڈ کاؤنٹی، میریلینڈ”
  • Venetian: “contea de Howard”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Howard, Maryland”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Howard”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Howard, Maryland”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Howard”
  • Welsh: “Howard County, Maryland”
  • Welsh: “Howard County”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہاورڈ کاؤنٹی”
  • Wu Chinese: “霍华德县 (马里兰州)”
  • Wu Chinese: “霍华德县（马里兰州）”

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