About the Kokomo Community
Kokomo/Howard County is a community founded on originality...from the unique name of its county seat to its impressive technological history.
The Miami Indians first occupied Howard County before David Foster, a Virginia minister, arrived in the community during the 1800s. Shortly after his arrival, Foster bought most of the land in the area. Eventually, he provided 40 acres of land in order to develop a county seat. This new community was named after a Miami Indian – KO KO MO – and became a city in 1854.
The discovery of natural gas during this period rapidly expanded development, bringing important industries to Howard County. The area also attracted innovative minds, like that of Elwood Haynes, inventor and producer of the first commercially built automobile (1894). Other numerous inventions developed in Kokomo earned the city the title “City of Firsts.”
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