Howell, Evansville

Howell is a neighborhood of Evansville, Indiana, United States.

The town of Howell was platted in 1885 along the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and was named after Lee Howell, the local L&N freight agent.

An L&N rail yard at Howell was completed in 1889.

[1][2] As of 1904, the town was a sundown town, where African Americans were not allowed to live.

[3] In 1915 or 1916, Evansville annexed Howell.