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History · Havelock

Havelock dates to 1881, and 43% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1980 on and the census since 1900.

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43%homes built before 1940
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How Havelock began

When was Havelock founded?

1881

Havelock dates its founding to 1881 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1900.

First census: 397 in 19002020 census: 130145 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1882.The full story ↓

What stands out about Havelock’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Havelock are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Havelock’s homes were built before 1951.
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The story

How Havelock came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Havelock.

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Havelock was platted in 1881. It is named for Henry Havelock.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Havelock, 1881 to 1980

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1881
    FoundingHavelock is established
  3. 1882Post officeThe Havelock post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1980On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Havelock, decade by decade

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On the map

Havelock on the map in 1980

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Havelock.

Havelock on the 1980 USGS map1980Havelock 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 Havelock.

People over time

Havelock, census by census

01002003004001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 397

Between 130 and 397 people in every census since 1900.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

Questions about Havelock’s history

What year was Havelock founded?

In 1881, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Havelock’s post office opened in 1882, and the census of 1900 counted 397 people here.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikipedia, 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.