The Howerton surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,516 people carried this name — #5,342 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,200 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (6,486).

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In print

Howerton in American newspapers,
1893–1913.

Newspaper page from Barton County Democrat carrying the name Howerton
Barton County Democrat 1913-02-28
Newspaper page from Wheeling Register carrying the name Howerton
Wheeling Register 1893-07-10
Newspaper page from The Herald carrying the name Howerton
The Herald 1897-01-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,611 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Howerton,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Clarence Chesterfield Howerton
    Clarence Chesterfield Howerton 1913–1975 · actor
  • Bill Howerton
    Bill Howerton 1921–2001 · baseball player
  • George Howerton 1905–1999 · dean
  • Paul William Howerton 1916–

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Howerton,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States319 records

319 records of the Howerton name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 217
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 75
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 13
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ernest M. Howerton

    Born 1906. Enlisted 1942 at Presidio of Monterey, California; driver. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1971, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jerry Russell Howerton

    Born 1947; from Portsmouth, Ohio. U.S. Marine Corps, mortarman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Eugene K. Howerton

    U.S. Navy veteran. Born 1939, died 1991; buried at Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City, Nevada.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 319 records for Howerton in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Howerton name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Franklin Wayne Howerton

    Died 1964 in Driebergen-Rijsenburg.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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