Kokomo is the county seat of Howard County, Indiana, United States, Indiana's 13th largest city. Kokomo's population was 46,113 at the 2000 census. Kokomo is located at 40°28′56″N, 86°7′54″W (40.482238, -86.131754)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau14569745697456, the city has a total area of 42.1 km˛ (16.2 mi˛). 42.0 km˛ (16.2 mi˛) of it is land and 0.2 km˛ (0.1 mi˛) of it (0.37%) is water.

Kokomo was named after Miami Indian referred to as a cheif, but later found to be local legend Ma-Ko-Ko-Mo, which is sometimes spelled as Koh-Koh-Mah or Kokomoko. His name translates to Black Walnut. There was a trading post for commerce between Native Americans and European-Americans here in the early 19th century. David Foster founded the first trading post in Howard County. In 1844, Foster donated forty acres of his land to create a county seat in Kokomo, which was a log courthouse, for use in the community. It was incorporated as a city in 1865.