Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Its Register listing is the ZCBJ Hall. Below: maps from 1965 on and the census since 1920.
The Haugen post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Haugen’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Haugen.
Haugen was named in 1886 after the Norwegian settler Nils P. Haugen, a local landowner, lawyer and congressman who emigrated from Buskerud, Norway in 1854, A post office called Haugen has been in operation since 1889.
The ZCBJ Hall in Haugen, a historical meeting place for Czech-Americans, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Haugen, cut from the printed page as they were published.
W. H. Ryan, first and present cashier of the Haugen State Bank, and pres¬ ident of the Village of Haugen, has been a resident here since the bank opened its doors, Dec. 22, 1914, and since his first arrival has identified himself ac¬ tively with the life of the village and surrounding country. As a banker he is conservative and substantial, as a citizen he is progressive and loyal, as a companion he is genial and affable, and his personality has become a part of the success of the institution in which he is employed. His administration of the executive office of the village has given general satisfaction. In addi¬
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cleared and broke 50 acres and has put up a good set of buildings. While the county was fairly well settled when he came portions of it were still in the wilderness. No roads had been constructed, and he and his neighbors had to cut trails through the woods to the present town of Haugen, the railroad point. But gradually modern development came and the neighborhood is now a rich and prosperous farming district. Mr. Cherney still manages his place, but the harder work is done by others. He stands well in the community and occupies an excellent position as a citizen and as a farmer. Mr. Cherney
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
BuiltZCBJ Hall is built
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Haugen. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Haugen.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Between 246 and 426 people in every census since 1920.
11 censuses, 1920–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Haugen’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Haugen itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Haugen post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
One place: the ZCBJ Hall (listed 1985).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (2), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.
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