Howard, also known as Howard Mines or Stovalls Gap, is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, Alabama, United States.

Howard, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Howard Location in Alabama
Coordinates: 33°51′15″N 87°34′03″W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Fayette
Elevation	650 ft (200 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	205, 659
GNIS feature ID	155108[1]

History

The community is possibly named after the original owner of the surrounding land or for the head of the local coal-mining operation.[2] A post office operated under the name Stovalls Gap from 1926 to 1927 and under the name Howard from 1927 to 1942.[3] Moss & McCormack, a coal company based in Birmingham, leased the area in 1923 to open a coal mine.[4] A miner from Kansas, Alabama died in a mining accident at the Howard Mine in 1935.[5]

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