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Howell is a town in the Blue Creek Valley in northeast Box Elder County, Utah, and the 2020 census counted 240 residents.

Howell was settled in 1910 and incorporated in 1941, and it is named for Utah Congressman Joseph Howell, who was involved with the Promontory-Curlew Land Company.

The first private and permanent residence in Howell was established in 1910, when Nephi Nessen purchased 1,000 acres from the Promontory-Curlew Land Company.

Howell lies in a valley stretching north-south between four mountain ranges, the Promontory Mountains, North Promontory Mountains, West Hills, and Blue Spring Hills, with the northeast Great Salt Lake to its south.

The area was once used for cattle ranching by the Promontory Land and Livestock Company, formed by California developer Charles Crocker, who oversaw development of the First Transcontinental Railroad through nearby Promontory.

The Golden Spike was driven near Promontory, about 10 miles south of Howell, in 1869.

A school opened in Howell in 1910 in a Bar M Ranch building, and a new school opened in 1911 that has since been converted into a community center.

Blue Creek Reservoir, built in 1904 on Blue Creek about a mile northwest of Howell, now lies almost entirely within the town limits.

Howell covers about 35.47 square miles, mostly land, at an elevation of 4,561 feet, making it one of the largest towns in Utah by area despite its small population.

Interstate 84 passes through only the northeastern corner of Howell, while State Route 83 heads south from the interstate through the town toward Corinne.