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History · Haleburg

Haleburg’s post office opened in 1885

Most of Haleburg was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1973. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1970 on, and the census since 1930.

1885first post office
0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
2famous people
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From Haleburg’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Haleburg began

When was Haleburg founded?

1885

The Haleburg post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 274 in 19302020 census: 112141 years
Founding year: the first Haleburg post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Haleburg’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Haleburg’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Haleburg’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewColonel Baldwin M. Fluker House, Abbie …: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Haleburg, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Haleburg yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Haleburg is a town in Henry County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Dothan, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2020 census, the population was 112. Established in 1885 as "Halesburgh", the town was incorporated in September 1911, as "Halesburg". Since then, for reasons unknown, it has become known as the current "Haleburg".

Its first post office opened in 1885. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 103 to 112 (+9%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Haleburg, 1885 to 1970

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1885Post officeThe Haleburg post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1919Born hereMonte Irvin is born here
  5. 1924Born hereCal Irvin is born here
  6. 1957Post officeThe Haleburg post office closes
  7. 1970On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Haleburg, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Colonel Baldwin M. Fluker House, Abbie Ridge Road, Shorterville, Henry County, ALDate?Colonel Baldwin M. Fluker House, Abbie Ridge Road, Sh…
On the map

Haleburg on the map, 1970 to 1981

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Haleburg. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Haleburg on the 1970 USGS mapHaleburg on the 1981 USGS map1970Haleburg sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Haleburg.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Colonel Baldwin M. Fluker House, Abbie Ridge Road, Shorterville, Henry County, AL
Retake this viewColonel Baldwin M. Fluker House, Abbie Ridge Road, Shorterville, Henry County, AL

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Haleburg’s page.

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People over time

Haleburg, census by census

010020030019401960198020002020Peak: 274

Between 93 and 274 people in every census since 1930.

9 censuses, 1930–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Haleburg’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Haleburg

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Monte IrvinAmerican Hall of Fame baseball player · b. 1919
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Cal IrvinAmerican baseball player and basketball coach · b. 1924
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Haleburg had its own post office from 1885 to 1957.

Haleburg
1885–1957
18801950today
1cemetery inside Haleburg
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Haleburg’s history

What year was Haleburg founded?

The Haleburg post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the Library of Congress (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.