Founding year: the first Haubstadt post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1885.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Haubstadt’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Haubstadt is more historic than 57% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Haubstadt’s overall grade.
Indiana towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Indiana town has 7.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Haubstadt’s 5.2 sits near the middle of its state (54% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±7.3 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date; Wikidata’s 1885 falls in the same era, so the grade doesn’t depend on which one is used.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Haubstadt’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Haubstadt was originally called Haub's Station, and under the latter name, meaning "Haub town" in German, was laid out in 1855. Named after an early settler, Henry Haub, the town was incorporated in 1913.
Haub built the community's first home, combining a stagecoach shop, general store, and trading post to accommodate travelers on the Noon Day Stage Coach route running to Vincennes. A dance hall was later also built above Mr. Haub's tavern and store.
The Haubstadt State Bank (now Town Hall) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
Passages that mention Haubstadt, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Gibson County, Indiana1914 · page 606Read the page →
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for integrity and fairness in his business dealings which has not only aided him in material ways, but has gained for him a large and ever-widening circle of admiring friends. The location of his place of business is one of the very best in the town of Haubstadt and his stock of goods is of the best standard lines, he having the agency for the International Harvester Company. Besides his mercantile interests, the subject is interested in the Bank of Haubstadt, of which institution he is a director.
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History of Gibson County, Indiana1914 · page 587Read the page →
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in the town of Reiterswnes, German}-. The subject's grandfather was also named John, and he emigrated to America in 1857, with his family, locating near Evansville, Indiana, and later moving to Gibson county in about 1859 or i860, and taking up his residence in the town of Haubstadt, where he lived the life of a retired farmer, dying in the sixty-fifth year of his life. John Wilm, father of the subject, first followed agricultural pursuits in his own behalf on a farm located about one-half mile west of Haubstadt, contmuing in that location for four or five years, when he purchased land two
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Haubstadt, 1856 to 1924
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
The Haubstadt post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1885.
How does Haubstadt rank for history?
Haubstadt is more historic than 57% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Haubstadt?
One place: the Haubstadt State Bank (listed 1984).
How old are the homes in Haubstadt?
21% of Haubstadt’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.3 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1983.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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