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==History==
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January 1836 saw the establishment of the first [[post office]]. Flavius J. B. Crane was [[postmaster]] and the post office was in the Eagle Tavern. In March of this same year, there was a mail route started
The City of Howell is the [[county seat]] of [[Livingston County, Michigan|Livingston County]]. On 24 March 1836, the legislature passed an act organizing Livingston County and Howell was slated to become the county seat
The town was originally called Livingston Center and was [[municipal corporation|established]] as a village by an act of Legislature on 14 March 1863, consisting of sections 35 and 36, and the south half of sections 25 and 26 of [[Howell Township, Michigan|Howell Township]].<ref>[https://www.cityofhowell.org/residents/about_the_city_of_howell/history.php City of Howell: History of Howell], accessed 31 December 2020.</ref>
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The Howell [[Home Rule Cities Act (Michigan)|Home Rule]] City Charter was initially adopted in 1955.<ref>[https://www.cityofhowell.org/residents/city_ordinances_charter/index.php Howell City Charter index page], accessed 31 December 2020.</ref>
For many decades, Howell had the reputation of being associated with the [[Ku Klux Klan]] due to White Supremacist leader and Michigan Grand Dragon 1971-1979 [[Robert E. Miles]], who held KKK gatherings on his farm 12 miles north of the city in [[Cohoctah Township]] with a Howell mailing address.<ref>{{Cite web|title = A tale of two towns: Newest racial incident has Howell facing its past|url = http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2014/03/a_tale_of_two_towns_newest_rac.html|website = MLive.com| date=21 March 2014 |access-date = 2016-01-05}}</ref> Miles died in 1992, but the gatherings, including the burning of crosses, continued.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Michigan Town Battles Image of Racism|url = http://www.csmonitor.com/1994/1003/03071.html|newspaper = Christian Science Monitor|access-date = 2016-01-05|issn = 0882-7729|first = Sam|last = Walker}}</ref> The reputation persisted into the 2000s, with events such as a public auction of KKK items scheduled for [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]'s birthday in January 2005,<ref>{{Cite news |title = Auctioning Memories in a Town Haunted by the Klan |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/23/us/auctioning-memories-in-a-town-haunted-by-the-klan.html |newspaper = [[The New York Times]] |url-access=registration |date = 2005-05-23|access-date = 2016-01-05|issn = 0362-4331|first = Jeremy W.|last = Peters}}</ref> the 2010 suspension of a teacher who removed students for wearing a Confederate flag and making antigay slurs,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Michigan teacher suspended over anti-gay punishment - USATODAY.com|url = http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-11-16-michigan-teacher-suspended-gay_N.htm|website = usatoday30.usatoday.com|access-date = 2016-01-05}}</ref> students' racist tweets toward a racially mixed team in 2014,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Shocking racist tweets follow high school basketball win by all-white team|url = http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2012/03/members_of_howell_high_school.html|website = MLive.com|access-date = 2016-01-05}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and pro-KKK vandalism in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-11 |title=Farmer's near Howell have home vandalized with racist graffiti |url=https://www.wlns.com/news/michigan/farmers-near-howell-have-home-vandalized-with-racist-graffiti/ |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=WLNS 6 News |language=en-US}}</ref>
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{{Adjacent communities|North=[[Linden, Michigan]]|North-east=[[Fenton, Michigan]]|WEST=[[Fowlerville, Michigan]]|EAST=[[Hartland, Michigan]]|Center=Howell, Michigan|South=[[Pinckney, Michigan]]|South-east=[[Brighton, Michigan]]}}▼
==Demographics==
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===2000 census===
As of 2000, the city's median household income was $43,958 and the median family income was $57,149. Males had a median income of $44,980 versus $27,956 for females. The city's [[per capita income]] was $22,254. About 4.6% of families and 6.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.2% of those under the age of 18 and 7.9% of those 65 and older.▼
As of the [[census]] of 2000,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2002/dec/phc-1-24.pdf |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=June 21, 2024 |title=Michigan: 2000 - Summary Population and Housing Characteristics | work=census.gov }}</ref> the city had 9,232 people, 3,857 households, and 2,247 families. The [[population density]] was {{convert|2245.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. The city's racial makeup was 96.0% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.6% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.2% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.2% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 7.2% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 7.9% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 2.2% of the population.
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===2010 census===
As of the
There were 4,028 households, of which 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 44.5% were non-families. 36.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.97.
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*[[Mark Schauer]] – former United States Congressman and Michigan gubernatorial candidate in 2014
*[[Bert Tooley]] – shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers, 1911–1912
*[[Steve Lombardi]] - Former WWE professional wrestler
==References==
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{{Livingston County, Michigan}}
▲{{Michigan county seats}}{{Adjacent communities|North=[[Linden, Michigan]]|North-east=[[Fenton, Michigan]]|WEST=[[Fowlerville, Michigan]]|EAST=[[Hartland, Michigan]]|Center=Howell, Michigan|South=[[Pinckney, Michigan]]|South-east=[[Brighton, Michigan]]}}{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Cities in Livingston County, Michigan]]
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