Howellville or Howell is an

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, United States, which has been absorbed by

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. The site is located at the intersection of Alief Clodine Road and Sugar Land Howell Road on the west side of

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, approximately halfway between the original settlements of Clodine and Alief. There are no road signs identifying the place. The community began as a stop on a railroad line that no longer exists.

Geography

Howellville is located on Alief Clodine Road, east of

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(SH 6). The

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is on the north side and parallel with east-west running Alief Clodine Road. O'Donnell Middle School in

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is located on the southeast corner of the Alief Clodine Road and Sugar Land Howell Road intersection. The southwestern corner is occupied by the Park Village Apartments. Hearne Elementary School is one block south of O'Donnell School. A few manufacturing businesses are located a short distance to the northeast on the north side of the tollway. An artificial lake, which is part of Brays Bayou, can be seen approximately to the north. The name Howell is preserved in two local roads. Sugar Land Howell Road (or Howell Sugar Land Road) begins at the site and extends south to Old Richmond Road in Fort Bend County. SH 6 is also called Addicks Howell Road through the area and almost as far north as

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at the site of Addicks.

History

T. E. Howell founded a town about southwest of Houston which became a stop on the railroad. A 1919

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map identified the site as Howell on the

San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway The San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway first began operation in the U.S. state of Texas in 1886. It was developed by Uriah Lott and businessmen of San Antonio as a direct route from the city to Aransas Bay on the Texas Gulf coast. It was eventu ...

. The settlement had a post office from 1920 to 1934. With the help of a drainage program, the land supported dairy farming and the raising of corn and rice. A population of around 36 persons lived in the area from the 1920s to the 1990s. A 1955 USGS map named the community Howellville and situated it on the

Texas and New Orleans Railroad The Texas and New Orleans Railroad (TNO) was an American rail company in Texas and Louisiana. It operated of railroad in 1934; by 1961, remained when it merged with parent company Southern Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific. Morgan's Louisian ...

. The 1982 USGS map identified the location as Howellville on the

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. The Westpark Tollway was built on the Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way after the land was sold to the

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Gallery

File:Howell from Clodine 1915 Quad.jpg, Howell is on a 1915 USGS map. The railroad is identified as the San Antonio and Aransas Pass while the road going north from the 85' benchmark (BM) is Addicks Road. File:Alief TX ODonnell Middle School.JPG, Ann Osterloh O'Donnell Middle School is at Alief-Clodine Road and Howell Sugar Land Road. The school is part of Alief Independent School District. File:Howellville TX from Clodine 1982 Quad.jpg, Howellville appears on a 1982 USGS map. State Highway 6 is the vertical red line at left while Alief-Clodine Road is the dashed red and white line from left to right.

References

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