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History · Dubach

Dubach’s post office opened in 1899, and 3 of its places are on the National Register

Most of Dubach was built recently: 0.5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979. Its Register listings are the Autrey House, the Fred B. Dubach House and the Gem Theater. Its Register listings are the Autrey House, the Fred B. Dubach House and the Gem Theater. Below: maps from 1922 on and the census since 1910.

1899first post office
3on the National Register
0.5%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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Quick answers

How Dubach began

When was Dubach founded?

1899

The Dubach post office opened in 1899, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 714 in 19102020 census: 908127 years
Founding year: the first Dubach post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Dubach’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 Dubach are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dubach’s history is told.

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The story

How Dubach came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Dubach.

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Although there were settlers in the Dubach area as early as the early 1820’s, the town's origins date to the arrival of the Arkansas Southern Railway in 1898. With the coming of the railroad, the way was opened for the development of the lumber industry. In 1899, Fred B. Dubach, a lumberman from St. Louis, Missouri, arrived in the area and started the Dubach Lumber Company. Shortly thereafter he built a large house and a lumber mill was located across the road. An old aerial photograph indicates that the lumber mill was by far the largest building in town and visually dominated the townscape. Undoubtedly the Dubach Lumber Company was a major factor in the growth and development of what in 1901 was chartered as the town of Dubach. A few years later (c. 1906), Dubach sold his mill and home and returned to St, Louis. Dubach's home still stands and is listed on the National Register of His…

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Timeline

Dubach, 1849 to 1956

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1849BuiltAutrey House is built
  3. 1899Post officeThe Dubach post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1900BuiltFred B. Dubach House is built
  6. 1919Born hereEarl Harrist is born here
  7. 1950On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1956Born hereDixie Garr is born here
By decade

Dubach, decade by decade

Today5 recent
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On the map

Dubach on the map, 1950 to 1985

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

Dubach on the 1950 USGS mapDubach on the 1968 USGS mapDubach on the 1985 USGS map1950Ruston sheet · 1:62,500

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

Every building

Dubach, building by building, 1922

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a sheet.

Dubach fire insurance map, 1922, sheet 11922Sheet 1 of 1
Sheets
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

On the National Register

3 historic places in Dubach

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
3
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
Autrey House
Autrey House, built 1849Fred B. Dubach House, built 1900Gem Theater
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Dogtrot1
Queen Anne1
Autrey HouseDogtrot · Built 1849
All 3 listings
Fred B. Dubach HouseBuilding · listed 1983Gem TheaterBuilding · listed 2025

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Dubach, census by census

02004006008001,0001,200192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,161

Between 608 and 1,161 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Dubach

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

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Earl HarristAmerican baseball player · b. 1919
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Dixie GarrAfrican-American computer engineer · b. 1956
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Dubach’s post office has been open since 1899.

Gone or out of use
Hico Gas Fieldoilfield

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

Questions about Dubach’s history

What year was Dubach founded?

The Dubach post office opened in 1899, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Dubach?

Three places: the Autrey House (listed 1980), the Fred B. Dubach House (1983) and the Gem Theater (2025).

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 Wikimedia Commons (5), the National Register of Historic Places (3), 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 Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.