Editing Howard, South Dakota (section)

==History==
[[File:279. Nor. Luth. Church Howard So. Dak - no-nb digifoto 20151015 00149 blds 07520.jpg|thumb|left|Norwegian Lutheran Church in Howard.]]
[[File:Tornado1884.jpg|thumb|right|One of the first ever photographs of a tornado, taken near Howard.]]
The city of Howard was established in 1881,<ref>{{Cite web|title = About Us - City of Howard, South Dakota|url = http://www.cityofhoward.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B182F926F-DDD2-49DF-A9C6-9D7EE2EDE804%7D|website = www.cityofhoward.com|accessdate = 2015-11-28|archive-date = January 22, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160122145622/http://www.cityofhoward.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B182F926F-DDD2-49DF-A9C6-9D7EE2EDE804%7D|url-status = live}}</ref> shortly after the Southern Minnesota Railway was extended to that point.<ref name="history">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthda01robi|title=History of South Dakota|last=Robinson|first=Doane|publisher=B. F. Bowen|year=1904|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthda01robi/page/404 404]}}</ref> The city was named for Howard Farmer, the son of the townsite owner, J. D. Farmer.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of the origin of the place names in nine Northwestern states|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q_lKAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA26|year=1908|page=26}}</ref> In 1883, when Miner and [[Sanborn County, South Dakota|Sanborn]] counties were organized, the town was named the county seat of Miner County.<ref name="history" />

One of the first known photographs of a tornado is an image of the [[1884 Howard, South Dakota tornado|1884 Howard, South Dakota, tornado]].<ref name=OldestPhoto>{{cite web|url=http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ffc/html/oldtorn.shtml |title=Oldest Known Photo of a Tornado - August 28, 1884|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530092534/http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ffc/html/oldtorn.shtml |archivedate=May 30, 2009 |publisher=National Weather Service Forecast Office, Peachtree City, Georgia}}</ref>

The first public library in [[Dakota Territory]] was the Howard Public Library, chartered in 1886.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Library|url = http://www.prairievillage.org/library/|website = www.prairievillage.org|accessdate = 2015-11-28}}</ref>

Howard became the first municipality in South Dakota to own and operate its own [[wind turbine]]s in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.cityofhoward.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7BCF6C0B76-29C2-47E2-9F36-08C7776879B5%7D|title = Electric Department|date = |accessdate = 28 Nov 2015|website = |publisher = City of Howard (South Dakota)|last = |first = |archive-date = January 22, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160122011538/http://www.cityofhoward.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7BCF6C0B76-29C2-47E2-9F36-08C7776879B5%7D|url-status = live}}</ref>

Since 2001, over 200 new jobs have been created in the community. From 1996 to 2008, the city's sales tax revenues increased 123%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityofhoward.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B182F926F-DDD2-49DF-A9C6-9D7EE2EDE804%7D|title=About Us - City of Howard, South Dakota|website=www.cityofhoward.com|access-date=2019-09-20}}</ref>