Howard Township covers an area of 36.2 square miles (94 km2) and contains the incorporated town of Roland and portions of Story City.

Howard Township contains Long Dick Creek.

[1] Interstate 35 runs north and south through the township and County Road E18 runs east–west.

County Road E18 was formerly Iowa Hwy 221 until it was decommissioned on July 1, 2003, and redesignated as a county road.

This article about the geography of Story County, Iowa is a stub.