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History · Hubbard

Hubbard’s post office opened in 1881, and 32% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1967 on and the census since 1900.

1881first post office
0on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
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How Hubbard began

When was Hubbard founded?

1881

The Hubbard post office opened in 1881, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 90 in 19002020 census: 153145 years
Founding year: the first Hubbard post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Hubbard’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 Hubbard are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 236 in 2010; 153 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Hubbard’s homes were built before 1950.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hubbard’s history is told.

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People over time

Hubbard, census by census

01002001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 236

Peaked at 236 in 2010; 153 people lived here in 2020.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

The story

How Hubbard came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hubbard.

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The Dakota City Land Company laid out Hubbard in 1880. The town was named after Judge Asahel W. Hubbard, president of the Covington, Columbus & Black Hills Railroad.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Hubbard in 1893

Passages that mention Hubbard, cut from the printed page as they were published.

The Hubbard cemetery is situated on the high hills a short distance south of the town of Hubbard, and was deeded to the association by John Howard.
Warner's history of Dakota County, Nebraska, from the days of the pioneers and first settlers to the present time, with biographical sketches, and anecdotes of ye olden times1893 · page 154Read the page →
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The Hubbard cemetery is situated on the high hills a short distance south of the town of Hubbard, and was deeded to the association by John Howard.

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Hubbard precinct was organized in 1882. July 23, 1884, Pender and Emerson precincts were established.
Warner's history of Dakota County, Nebraska, from the days of the pioneers and first settlers to the present time, with biographical sketches, and anecdotes of ye olden times1893 · page 150Read the page →
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Hubbard precinct was organized in 1882. July 23, 1884, Pender and Emerson precincts were established.

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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Timeline

Hubbard, 1881 to 2010

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1881Post officeThe Hubbard post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 21st century
  6. 2010CensusPopulation peaks at 236
By decade

Hubbard, decade by decade

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On the map

Hubbard on the map, 1967 to 1993

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

Hubbard on the 1967 USGS mapHubbard on the 1971 USGS mapHubbard on the 1993 USGS map1967Jackson 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 Hubbard.

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Hubbard’s post office has been open since 1881.

Gone or out of use
Hubbardlocale

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

Questions about Hubbard’s history

What year was Hubbard founded?

The Hubbard post office opened in 1881, 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 (5), Wikipedia, 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.