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History · Havensville

Havensville’s post office opened in 1878, and 68% of its homes were built before 1940

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Quick answers

How Havensville began, and where its name came from

When was Havensville founded?

1878

The Havensville post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 119148 years

How did Havensville get its name?

Havensville was named for Paul E. Havens, a railroad employee.

Founding year: the first Havensville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

What stands out about Havensville’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 Havensville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Havensville’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Havensville’s history is told.

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The story

How Havensville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Havensville.

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Havensville had its start in the year 1878 by the building of the railroad through that territory. It was named for Paul E. Havens, a railroad employee.

The first post office in Havensville was established in March 1878.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Havensville, decade by decade

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Old Havensville School2009Old Havensville SchoolKSMap-doton-Havensville2005KSMap-doton-Havensville
Famous people

Famous people close to Havensville

Nobody well known was born in Havensville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Si GriffisCanadian ice hockey player · b. 1883
Reed ChambersAmerican flying ace · b. 1894
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Frank BusheyAmerican baseball player · b. 1906
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Augusta MetcalfeAmerican painter · b. 1881
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Dean PryorAmerican football player, coach, and decathlete · b. 1930
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Harold E. BoothAmerican politician · b. 1911
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Havensville’s post office has been open since 1878.

Gone or out of use
Havensville Elementary Schoolschool

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Havensville’s history

What year was Havensville founded?

The Havensville post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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, 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.