Editing Howell, Michigan

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'''Howell''' is the largest city in and [[county seat]] of [[Livingston County, Michigan]], United States.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=2011-05-31 }}</ref> As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the city had a population of 10,068. The city is mostly surrounded by [[Howell Township, Michigan|Howell Township]], but the two are administered autonomously. Howell is part of the South Lyon–Howell–Brighton [[List of United States urban areas|urban area]], which is an extension of the larger Detroit–Warren–Dearborn ([[Metro Detroit]]) metropolitan statistical area. As of 2022, the largest industries were manufacturing, health care & social assistance, and accommodation & food services.

==History==
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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A history of the township and village of Howell, Michigan |url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcmassbookdig.historyoftownshi00crit/?st=pdf |access-date=2024-08-01 |newspaper=The Library of Congress}}</ref> In March of this same year, there was a mail route started in the village of [[Kensington, Michigan|Kensington]] that went through Howell until ending in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids]]. The pioneer manufacturing enterprise of Howell was a sawmill built in 1836, soon followed by a blacksmith shop.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=The History of Howell |url=https://www.cityofhowell.org/residents/about_the_city_of_howell/history.php |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=www.cityofhowell.org |language=en}}</ref>

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. Howell was slated to become the county seat, but the newly established [[Brighton, Michigan|Brighton]] nearby claimed the seat for the next 12 years.

The town was originally called Livingston Center, formed as a village by an act of the 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>

===20th century===
The Howell [[Home Rule Cities Act (Michigan)|Home Rule]] City Charter was adopted in 1955.<ref>[https://www.cityofhowell.org/residents/city_ordinances_charter/index.php Howell City Charter index page], accessed 31 December 2020.</ref>

The [[Ku Klux Klan]] first took hold in the area in the 1920s, and membership in Livingston County increased during the American [[civil rights era]].<ref name="Walker1994">{{cite news |last1=Walker |first1=Sam |title=Michigan Town Battles Image of Racism |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/1994/1003/03071.html |access-date=21 August 2024 |work=Christian Science Monitor |date=October 3, 1994}}</ref> Since the 1970s, Howell has had a national reputation for being associated with the Klan. White supremacist leader and Michigan [[Ku Klux Klan titles and vocabulary#Grand Dragon|Grand Dragon]] (1971–1979) [[Robert E. Miles]] held gatherings on his farm 12 miles north of the city in [[Cohoctah Township]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Counts |first=John |date=21 March 2014 |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 |access-date=2016-01-05 |website=MLive}}</ref> Miles died in 1992, but the gatherings, including the burning of crosses, continued.<ref name="Walker1994"/>

The Livingston Diversity Council, founded in response to a 1988 [[cross burning]] on the lawn of a Black family,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Livingston Diversity Council|url = http://www.livingstondiversity.org/history.html|website = www.livingstondiversity.org|access-date = 2016-01-06|archive-date = 2016-01-31|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160131113501/http://www.livingstondiversity.org/history.html|url-status = dead}}</ref> has been promoting diversity and inclusion in the county.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Livingston Diversity Council|url = http://www.livingstondiversity.org/index.html|website = www.livingstondiversity.org|access-date = 2016-01-06|archive-date = 2016-01-20|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160120214244/http://livingstondiversity.org/index.html|url-status = dead}}</ref> While they are numerous in [[Metro Detroit]], as of 2011, Howell was not listed as an active home to any [[hate group]] by the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://michiganradio.org/post/report-35-hate-groups-michigan#stream/0|title=Report: 35 "Hate Groups" in Michigan|first=Mark|last=Brush|website=michiganradio.org|date=23 February 2011 |access-date=3 May 2017}}</ref>

On October 22, 1994, less than a dozen Ku Klux Klansmen from outside Howell held a rally on the steps of the historic [[Livingston County Courthouse (Michigan)|Livingston County Courthouse]]. According to a reporter for the ''Livingston Post'', the town may have been chosen because of its reputation for intolerance. Ben Bohnsack, the pastor of the First United Methodist Church in nearby [[Brighton, Michigan]], at the time, described the approaching rally as an "assault on the values" of the community. On the day of the rally, the courthouse was put under the protection of 174 police officers from every law enforcement agency in the county. An 8-foot-tall chain-link fence was erected around the courthouse, with two additional sections raised on Grand River Avenue to contain protesters and observers. The fence was dismantled after the rally, and on the following day, citizens assembled with brooms, mops, and buckets for a symbolic cleansing of the courthouse steps.<ref name="Stuart2019">{{cite news |last1=Stuart |first1=Maria |title=25 years ago: When Livingston County told the KKK where it could go |url=https://thelivingstonpost.com/25-years-ago-when-livingston-county-told-the-kkk-where-it-could-go/ |access-date=18 August 2024 |work=The Livingston Post.com |date=22 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407050820/https://thelivingstonpost.com/25-years-ago-when-livingston-county-told-the-kkk-where-it-could-go/ |archive-date=7 April 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===21st century===
Activities associated with the [[Ku Klux Klan]] persisted into the 2000s, with events such as a public auction of Klan 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 [[anti-gay slur]]s,<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> and students' racist tweets toward a racially mixed team in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Molly |date=March 15, 2014 |title=Shocking racist tweets follow high school basketball win by all-white team |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2014/03/members_of_howell_high_school.html |access-date=2016-01-05 |website=MLive}}</ref>
[[File:P20211005AS-1308 (51760515132).jpg|thumb|President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his Build Back Better agenda, Tuesday, October 5, 2021, at the Operating Engineers Training Facility in Howell, Michigan.]]
On October 5, 2021, President [[Joe Biden]] visited Howell for a speech to build support for his [[Build Back Better Plan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=President Joe Biden visits Howell |url=https://www.livingstondaily.com/picture-gallery/news/2021/10/05/president-joe-biden-visits-howell/6007241001/ |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=Livingston Daily Press & Argus |language=en-US}}</ref>

On July 21, 2024, about a dozen masked white supremacists marched through downtown Howell, chanting "[[Heil Hitler]]" and carrying signs with messages such as "[[White Lives Matter]]" and "End the War on White Children". They began their demonstration on the lawn of the Livingston County courthouse, where, in 1994, members of the community symbolically scrubbed the steps following a Klan rally. Several miles east of Howell at the Latson Road/I-96 overpass in [[Genoa Township, Michigan]], pictures posted to a community Facebook group showed demonstrators hanging Klan and [[Nazism|Nazi]] flags over the side of the overpass. One of the photos showed them with a [[Donald Trump]] flag, while the ''Livingston Post'' uploaded a video made by a passerby in which one of the protestors is heard saying, "We love Hitler. We love Trump."<ref name="King2024">{{cite news |last1=King |first1=Jon |title='We love Hitler. We love Trump.': White supremacists march through Howell • Group hung Nazi and KKK banners on highway overpass |url=https://michiganadvance.com/2024/07/22/we-love-hitler-we-love-trump-white-supremacists-march-through-howell/ |work=Michigan Advance |date=22 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722185003/https://michiganadvance.com/2024/07/22/we-love-hitler-we-love-trump-white-supremacists-march-through-howell/ |archive-date=22 July 2024 |access-date=17 August 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref> On July 28, 2024, one week after the white supremacist march, at an anti-white supremacist counterprotest in downtown Howell, residents cleansed the sidewalk to symbolically wash away the racism.<ref name="King2024 a">{{cite news |last1=King |first1=Jon |title=Residents symbolically cleanse Howell after white supremacist march • 'This isn't how it's going to work around here anymore' |url=https://michiganadvance.com/2024/07/29/residents-symbolically-cleanse-howell-after-white-supremacist-march/ |access-date=17 August 2024 |work=Michigan Advance |date=29 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729190211/https://michiganadvance.com/2024/07/29/residents-symbolically-cleanse-howell-after-white-supremacist-march/ |archive-date=29 July 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref> On August 20, 2024, [[Donald Trump]] visited Howell for a campaign speech.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Powers |first=Sara |date=2024-08-21 |title=Trump visits Michigan, campaigning on law and order, often speaking out against VP Harris |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/michigan-sheriff-trump-visit-howell-livingston-county/ |access-date=2024-08-21 |work=CBS Detroit |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has an area of {{convert|4.95|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|4.75|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.20|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2012-11-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-01-25 }}</ref>

===Major highways===
*{{jct|country=USA|I|96}}
*{{jct|state=MI|BL|96|dab1=Howell}}
*{{jct|state=MI|M|59}}
*{{jct|state=MI|M|155}} ([[unsigned highway|unsigned]])
*{{jct|state=MI|CDH|D-19}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1850= 473
|1860= 754
|1880= 2071
|1890= 2387
|1900= 2518
|1910= 2338
|1920= 2951
|1930= 3615
|1940= 3748
|1950= 4353
|1960= 4861
|1970= 5224
|1980= 6976
|1990= 8184
|2000= 9232
|2010= 9489
|2020= 10068
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2000 census===
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.

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.

===2010 census===
As of the census<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2012-11-25}}</ref> of 2010, the city had 9,489 people, 4,028 households, and 2,237 families. The population density was {{convert|1997.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 4,551 housing units at an average density of {{convert|958.1|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The city's racial makeup was 94.8% [[White people|White]], 0.4% [[African Americans|African American]], 0.7% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 1.1% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.3% [[Pacific Islander]], 1.3% from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|other races]], and 1.3% from two or more races. [[Hispanic]] or [[Latin Americans|Latino people]] of any race were 3.5% of the population.

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.

The median age in the city was 35.2 years. 23.2% of the city's population was under age 18; 10.1% was between the age 18 and 24; 29.8% was from age 25 to 44; 23.6% was from age 45 to 64; and 13.5% was age 65 or older. The city's gender makeup was 48.2% male and 51.8% female.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/26/2639540.html|title=Howell (city) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121204052834/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/26/2639540.html|archive-date=2012-12-04}}</ref>

===2022===
As of 2022, 87% of Howell s population were white, 1.7% African American, 0.7% Native America, 0.6% Asian, 1.6% from other races, and 2.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 3.8% of the population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Howell, MI diversity |url=https://datausa.io/profile/geo/howell-mi/#diversity |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=datausa.io |language=en}}</ref>

==Government==
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Since 2021, Robert Ellis has been Mayor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mayor |url=https://www.cityofhowell.org/contact_us/mayor/mayor/index.php |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=www.cityofhowell.org |language=en}}</ref>

==Economy==
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As of 2022, the economy of Howell, MI employed 5410 people. The largest industries were manufacturing (969 people), health care & social assistance (786 people), and accommodation & food services (726 people); the highest paying industries were transportation & warehousing ($240,235), information ($100,398), and transportation & warehousing, & utilities ($79,417).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Howell, MI  |url=https://datausa.io/profile/geo/howell-mi/#economy |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=datausa.io |language=en}}</ref>

==Education==
[[Image:Howell MI Carnegie Library by Joshua Young.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Carnegie District Library]]

'''Elementary schools'''
*Challenger Elementary School (champions) 
*Hutchings Elementary School (Huskies)
*Northwest Elementary School (Eagles)
*Southeast Elementary School (Super Stars) (closed 2017)
*Southwest Elementary School (Coyotes)
*St. Joseph Catholic Elementary School
*Three Fires Elementary School (Timberwolves)
*Voyager Elementary School (Vikings)

'''Middle schools'''
*Highlander Way Middle School (Hawks)
*Parker Middle School (Patriots)

'''High schools'''

*[[Howell High School (Howell, Michigan)|Howell High School]] (grades 10-12) (Highlanders)
*Howell High School Freshman Campus (grade 9) (Highlanders)
*Kensington Woods High School (Bears)

'''Higher education institutions'''

*[[Cleary University]] (Cougars)
*[[Lansing Community College]]

'''Other schools'''
* Innovation Academy (Ravens)

'''Libraries'''
*The Carnegie District Library<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.howelllibrary.org|title=Welcome - Howell Carnegie District Library|website=www.howelllibrary.org|access-date=3 May 2017}}</ref>

==Climate==
This [[climate|climatic]] region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Howell has a [[humid continental climate]], abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=749302&cityname=Howell%2C+Michigan%2C+United+States+of+America&units=|title=Howell, Michigan Kppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|work=Weatherbase}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Heywood Banks]] – musician, poet, comedian, cult icon, and multilingual Toast<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHptn_3RyYE Toast]</ref> chef/connoisseur
*[[Bones (rapper)|Bones]] – rapper and singer
*[[Donald Burgett]] – World War II veteran and author
*[[Timothy Busfield]] – actor and director
*[[Melissa Gilbert]] – actress and author
*[[T.J. Hensick]] – former hockey player who last played in the [[ECHL]]
*[[Andy Hilbert]] – hockey player who last played for [[Minnesota Wild]]
*[[William Mather Lewis]] – president of [[George Washington University]], mayor of [[Lake Forest, Illinois]]
*[[Robert E. Miles]] – pastor of the Mountain Church of Jesus Christ the Savior, prominent KKK member
*[[Yuki Nomura]] – baseball player for the [[Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters]]
*[[Mike Rogers (Michigan politician)|Mike Rogers]] – United States Congressman
*[[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==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}{{Portal|Michigan}}
*[http://www.cityofhowell.org City website]

{{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]]
[[Category:County seats in Michigan]]
[[Category:Ku Klux Klan in Michigan]]