Howison is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

located in Harrison County,

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. Howison is approximately north of

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and south of McHenry and part of the Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area. Howison is located on the

Kansas City Southern Railway The Kansas City Southern Railway Company is an American Class I railroad. Founded in 1887, it operated in 10 Midwestern United States, Midwestern and Southeastern United States, Southeastern U.S. states: Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Ark ...

. The Native Lumber Company was incorporated in Howison in 1899 and operated a sawmill there. A post office operated under the name Howison from 1897 to 1953. Howison was also once home to an

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office.

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Unincorporated communities in Harrison County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi Gulfport–Biloxi metropolitan area {{HarrisonCountyMS-geo-stub