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History · Hubbell

Hubbell’s post office opened in 1903, and 66% of its homes were built before 1940

1903first post office
0on the National Register
66%homes built before 1940
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How Hubbell began

When was Hubbell founded?

1903

The Hubbell post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 908123 years
Founding year: the first Hubbell post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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Hubbell, in brief

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Hubbell is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 908; down from 946 in the 2010 census and down from 1,105 at the 2000 census. The community is partially within Torch Lake Township and partially within Osceola Township. The community is on the west shore of Torch Lake on M-26, about 2 miles (3 km) southwest of the village of Lake Linden at 47°10′24″N 88°25′45″W. The ZIP code is 49934 and the FIPS place code is 39680. It is named after Jay Abel Hubbell, a U.S. Representative (1873–1882) from the area.

Its first post office opened in 1903. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 946 to 908 (-4%).

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

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Questions about Hubbell’s history

What year was Hubbell founded?

The Hubbell post office opened in 1903, 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 →