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Hubbard’s post office opened in 1871, and 20% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 69% of U.S. towns · #26 of 142 in Oregon. What drives it

Its Register listing is the John Stauffer House and Barn. Below: maps from 1913 on and the census since 1880.

1871first post office
1on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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Quick answers

How Hubbard began

When was Hubbard founded?

1871

The Hubbard post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1891.

First census: 141 in 18802020 census: 3,426155 years

How historic is Hubbard?

B+

More historic than 69% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Hubbard post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1891.The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Hubbard’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Hubbard is more historic than 69% of U.S. towns, #26 of 142 in Oregon. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.

B+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Hubbard’s overall grade.
Founding era1871, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 194020.1% of homes (±7.6) · typical OR town 5.3% · U.S. 8.4%B+National Register1 listing, 7 historic buildings, 20.6 per 10,000 residents · typical OR town 2.9 · U.S. 2.4A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 69%
NewerOlder
Oregon towns of 2,500+ (142)Ahead of 82%

Oregon towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Oregon town has 2.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Hubbard’s 20.6 sits above most of its state (81% of Oregon towns have fewer) while its 7 historic buildings outnumber those of 73% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±7.6 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date; Wikidata’s 1891 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 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.Mapped building by building3 fire insurance maps, 1913 to 1928, drew every building in Hubbard.On the map since 19235 editions of the USGS map, 1923 to 1985. Watch Hubbard change.
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Start Hubbard’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hubbard’s history is told.

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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Every building

Hubbard, building by building, 1913–1928

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 year, then a sheet.

Hubbard fire insurance map, 1913, sheet 11913Sheet 1 of 1
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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 map

Hubbard on the map, 1923 to 1985

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 1923 USGS mapHubbard on the 1940 USGS mapHubbard on the 1956 USGS mapHubbard on the 1970 USGS mapHubbard on the 1985 USGS map1923Mount Angel 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 Hubbard.

The story

How Hubbard came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hubbard.

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Hubbard was named for Charles Hubbard, who was an Oregon settler in 1847. The railroad arrived in 1870 and a station was situated in the town.

The city made the news when then-former President of the United States Donald Trump, as a write-in candidate, won a seat on the board of the Hubbard Rural Fire Protection District in 2023 via a dice-roll tiebreaker over four other write-ins. However, since he didn't live in or own property in the district, he was excluded from the board.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Hubbard, 1871 to 1923

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1871Post officeThe Hubbard post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1915Born hereMarion Eugene Carl is born here
  5. 1916Born hereBill Bevens is born here
  6. 1923On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Hubbard, decade by decade

Today7 recent
Hubbard water tower2018Hubbard water towerHubbard Market2018Hubbard MarketCannabis billboard in2018Cannabis billboard inBuilding in2018Building inWater tower2017Water towerMain street2017Main streetHubbard Oregon watertower2007Hubbard Oregon watertower
On the National Register

1 historic place in Hubbard

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
7
each building in a district counts
first listed
1974
John Stauffer House and Barn
Buildings
John Stauffer House and BarnBuilding

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

People over time

Hubbard, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500188019001920194019601980200020203,426

Grew from 141 people in 1880 to 3,426 in 2020, more than tenfold.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Hubbard

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

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Marion Eugene CarlUS Marine Corps general and flying ace · b. 1915
Bill BevensAmerican baseball player · b. 1916

Questions about Hubbard’s history

What year was Hubbard founded?

The Hubbard post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1891.

How does Hubbard rank for history?

Hubbard is more historic than 69% of U.S. towns, #26 of 142 in Oregon. 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 Hubbard?

One place: the John Stauffer House and Barn (listed 1974).

How old are the homes in Hubbard?

20% of Hubbard’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.6 points), against a typical 5.3% for an Oregon town; the median home was built in 1979.

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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).

From Wikimedia Commons (7), 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 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.