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History · Waubeek

Half of Waubeek’s homes were built after 1980

Most of Waubeek was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1980. Below: maps from 1929 on.

0on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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What stands out about Waubeek’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 Waubeek are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Waubeek’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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The story so far

Waubeek, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Waubeek yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 423 in 2010, 423 in 2020.

Timeline

Waubeek, 1867 to 1929

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1867Born hereC. A. Ingram is born here
  3. 1877Post officeThe Waubeck post office opens
  4. 1880Post officeThe Waubeck post office closes
  5. 20th century
  6. 1929On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Waubeek on the map, 1929 to 1972

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

Waubeek on the 1929 USGS mapWaubeek on the 1932 USGS mapWaubeek on the 1972 USGS map1929Durand 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 Waubeek.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Waubeck, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Gone or out of use
Burke SchoolschoolSchlosser Fieldairport
1cemetery inside Waubeek
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

DurandIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWatervilleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDunn1 historic placeB+

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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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.