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History · Haney

Haney’s post office opened in 1883, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1926 on.

1883first post office
0on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Haney began

When was Haney founded?

1883

The Haney post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Haney Valley (1862), Barnum (1892) and Petersburg (1893), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 317143 years
Founding year: the first Haney post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Haney’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 Haney are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Haney, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Haney’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Haney had its own post office from 1883 to 1901. Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Haney Valley
1862–1867
Haney
1883–1901
Barnum
1892–1955
Petersburg
1893–1930
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BarnumPetersburg
Gone or out of use
Citron Valley SchoolschoolCrow Hollow SchoolschoolHaney Ridge SchoolschoolHaney Valley SchoolschoolPleasant Ridge SchoolschoolTaft Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Haney
BarnumCrow CreekHaney RidgeHaney Valley

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

The story

How Haney came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Haney.

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The town was named for John Haney, the first person to settle in the town in the mid-1840s.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Haney, 1862 to 1955

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1862Post officeThe Haney Valley post office opens
  3. 1867Post officeThe Haney Valley post office closes
  4. 1883Post officeThe Haney post office opens
  5. 1892Post officeThe Barnum post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1901Post officeThe Haney post office closes
  8. 1926On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1955Post officeThe Barnum post office closes
By decade

Haney, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Driftless Area of Crawford County2015Driftless Area of Crawford County
On the map

Haney on the map, 1926 to 1983

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

Haney on the 1926 USGS mapHaney on the 1967 USGS mapHaney on the 1983 USGS map1926Wauzeka 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 Haney.

Famous people

Famous people close to Haney

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

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Constance KiesAmerican dietitian and nutrition scientist · b. 1934
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Doug AdamsAmerican baseball player · b. 1943
Philip BohlmanAmerican academic · b. 1952
Nathan Crook TwiningUnited States Navy Rear Admiral · b. 1869
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Otey ClarkAmerican baseball player · b. 1915
Samuel HofUnited States Army major general · b. 1870
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Bell CenterIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSenecaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClaytonIts storyB−ScottIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEastmanIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townUticaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Haney’s history

What year was Haney founded?

The Haney post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.