69 topographic sheets cover 28 settlements here, and 19 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.
19 National Register listings published here · the county-history sources name 6 people · people the book names include Georoe J. Jutt Phillip Dilly (Cass Township, 1896) (machine-read).
Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service
Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 4 of them, burning about 14 acres. None started naturally and 2 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. Two of them were set deliberately.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Hoosier National Forest | SPURGEON |
| 29 February 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | BIRDSEYE FIRE |
| 6 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | ANDERSON VALLEY |
| 11 November 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | VET |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 487 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 8 injuries and about $2,809,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 259 |
| Hail | 100 |
| Flash Flood | 74 |
| Tornado | 27 |
| Flood | 22 |
| Lightning | 3 |
| Heavy Rain | 2 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntingburg | 1 killed | A 10-year-old boy drowned in Huntingburg. The boy was watching a whirlpool of water entering a storm sewer after a thunderstorm had moved across the city. He tripped and fell headfirst into the storm sewer. |
| September 1970 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | 4 hurt, $25,000 | no account filed |
| February 2011 | Tornado (EF2) | Millersport | 1 hurt, $500,000 | An NWS storm survey confirmed that an EF-2 tornado with two segments touched down in Dubois county. The tornado first touched down just north of Duff east of County Road 650W. At touchdown straight-line wind damage was also observed to the south of the tornado. Damage to several large metal buildings, a large barn, and a radio tower were observed as the tornado crossed Dubois County south of Jasper.|After a brief break in the path, the tornado touched down four miles southwest of Celestine and took a slight turn to the northeast. The most significant damage along this segment was in Celestine near Ellsworth Road. Damage included roofs blown off two brick homes with the walls collapsed in one home. In addition a double-wide trailer was blown off its foundation and an RV was tossed across the road. One minor injury was reported. The tornado was rated EF-1 with winds of 100 mph and a path width of 75 yards in the first segment. It was rated EF-2 with winds of 125 mph and a path width of 225 yards in the second segment. |
| October 1967 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | 1 hurt, $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mentor | 1 hurt | A large tree fell down west of Birdseye around the intersection of Schellville Road and 975. The tree fell on a vehicle, and the driver sustained a minor injury. |
| January 1999 | Flash Flood | Countywide | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF2) | Ireland | $350,000 | The National Weather Service, in conjunction with Dubois County Emergency Management, conducted a damage survey just hours after an overnight tornado touched down in the northwest corner of the county. The EF-2 tornado, with maximum wind speeds of 130 mph, touched down 4.1 miles WSW of Ireland, Indiana. It first destroyed a large pole barn, then moved on to damage several homes near the intersection of county roads 150 North and 875 West. ||After damaging several outbuildings, it traveled a mile northeast where it heavily damaged two brick ranch homes on county roads 200 North and 750 West, taking off their roofs and collapsing an outer wall on one. An elderly woman in one of the homes was uninjured despite the roof of her home being torn off and an exterior wall collapsing 15 feet from her. She had been sitting under the only part of the home where the ceiling remained intact after the roof blew away. ||The tornado continued skipping east-northeast over primarily open farmland, but gave a glancing blow to the north side of Ireland, where it damaged the roofs of several homes and destroyed a block garage. After skipping over an additional mile of farmland, the twister destroyed a silo and damaged an outbuilding on county road 300 North then snapping several pine trees along a lane before lifting. The maximum path width was 150 yards and it was on the ground for 5 to 6 minutes. |
| April 1989 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| March 1963 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| March 1961 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Huntingburg | $150,000 | One home received major roof damage. A workshop containing tools and heavy equipment was destroyed. Other homes received minor damage, and some outbuildings and carports were damaged. Several trees were uprooted. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millersport | $100,000 | Broadcast media reports showed extensive damage to silos and outbuildings near Duff. Two 90 foot concrete silos were pushed off their foundations. One of the silos collapsed in half. There was considerable damage to nearby feeding barns and machine shops on the farm. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF2) | Huntingburg | $100,000 | The tornado touched down on in an open field on the south side of Huntingburg. It moved northeast into a residential area, uprooting and snapping numerous large trees and doing roof damage to homes and garages on the west side of Highway 231. It damaged the roofs of several businesses along the highway before striking a mobile home park, where it completely destroyed two homes, and heavily damaged several more. Continuing into a neighborhood of wood-frame homes, the tornado destroyed two more garages - one constructed of cinder blocks - and did minor to moderate roof damage as well as snapping and uprooting trees. The twister then passed just north of the city's Municipal Park and over its water treatment facility, snapping and uprooting trees before crossing over an open field and dissipating near Highway 64 approximately 1 mile east of Huntingburg. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portersville | $100,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew the roofs off two barns and destroyed a tool shed in the Portersville Road area. Trees and power lines were also downed. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holland | $75,000 | A barn was destroyed and a house was damaged by thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferdinand | $75,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused widespread damage in and east of Ferdinand. The roof was blown off a processing plant. Several homes in the town sustained roof damage. A horse barn was destroyed east of town. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Huntingburg | $50,000 | The Dubois County Emergency Manager reported a vehicle stalled in high water at Washington Street and State Road 64. There were also multiple vehicles stranded across the county. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Celestine | $50,000 | A National Weather Service survey team estimated 80 mph straight line winds destroyed a well built shed and a grain silo. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millersport | $45,000 | Power lines were reported down in Huntingburg and Duff. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntingburg | $30,000 | Multiple trees and power lines were down across Dubois County, Indiana causing power outages throughout the county. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Haysville | $30,000 | The tornado touched down in an open field 1.6 miles west of Haysville, destroying a metal outbuilding. After traveling over primarily open farmland - snapping trees in wooded areas along the way - the tornado entered the west side of Haysville. It uprooted and snapped the trunks of several more trees before tearing off the roof of a modular home just north of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. The tornado continue east of Highway 231, snapping trees and downing power lines before dissipating in an open field east of town. |||(thoughbefore estroying an An EF-1 Tornado touched down 1.6 miles west of Haysville and lifted just east of Haysville. |
| April 1954 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jasper | $20,000 | Dubois County Emergency Management reported a tree down at 15th and Leopold in Jasper. He also reported a transformer on fire at 9th and McArthur. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dubois | $20,000 | Power lines were reported down along Jasper Dubois Road. |
| January 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Huntingburg | $20,000 | An EF-1 tornado touched down 3 miles northeast of Huntingburg, destroying a barn and blowing several buildings off their foundations. It then skipped northeast for nearly 9 miles across primarily open fields. Structural damage occurred along Indiana State Road 162 where 50 feet of a 600 foot long commercial building was destroyed. One half mile east of State Road 162, a small grain hopper was toppled. Farther northeast, adjacent to Saint Anthony Road West, a roof was removed from one barn while another had severe damage. Occasional uprooted and snapped trees were surveyed over the next 5 miles. The tornado dissipated after destroying a 40 to 50 foot shed 1.6 miles south-southeast of Celestine. Maximum winds were estimated at 95 mph. |
| March 2020 | Flash Flood | Dubois | $15,000 | There was a car stuck in high water. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jasper | $15,000 | A tree was down across power lines near Jasper-Dubois Road and State Road 164. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntingburg | $15,000 | A power line was reported down. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntingburg | $15,000 | The county Emergency Manager reported power lines and poles down and on fire at West 1st Street in Huntingburg, IN. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferdinand | $15,000 | The Dubois County emergency manager estimated winds near 80 mph which brought down a utility pole on east 13th street. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bretzville | $15,000 | The Dubois County emergency manager reported to the NWS that severe thunderstorm winds brought down power lines in the area. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferdinand | $15,000 | The Dubois County emergency manager reported that a pole barn with its doors open was blown down. |
| June 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Millersport | $15,000 | A tornado touched down around 154 am EST 0.4 miles north of Duff. It then tracked south-southeast across Duff and lifted at 157 am EST 1.9 miles southeast of Duff just west of the the intersection of County Road W 500 S and West Duff Road S.E. Several homes around Duff had minor roof damage and a large sunroom was destroyed. An SUV was crumpled when a tree fell on it. Numerous hard and softwood trees were downed southeast of Duff. |
| February 2008 | Lightning | Huntingburg Arpt | $15,000 | Lightning struck a house near the Huntingburg airport. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millersport | $10,000 | Telephone lines were reported down 2 miles west of Huntingburg, Indiana. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portersville | $10,000 | Trained spotters reported widespread power outages in Ireland. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferdinand | $10,000 | Local law enforcement reported to the NWS that severe thunderstorm winds brought down power lines on a car. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jasper | $10,000 | The Dubois County emergency manager surveyed the Jasper Middle School, which had a fiberglass panel removed from the side of its gymnasium. One mile south, construction material was blown off the roof of the Jasper High School. In the neighborhood, a dumpster was blown over and several trees were downed. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntingburg | $10,000 | Thirty five trees were downed which were two to three feet in diameter at Huntingburg City Park. Damage was also done to playground equipment. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Kyana | $10,000 | Extreme rainfall of around six inches in two hours fell near Schnellville in Dubois County. The basement of a Schnellville grain mill flooded and a person had to be rescued from a vehicle on Kyana Road just north of State HWY 64. |
| July 2000 | Lightning | Jasper | $10,000 | A lightning strike started a fire that damaged a home. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jasper | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jasper | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Celestine | $5,000 | A public report on Facebook showed that a roof was torn off a barn. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kellerville | $5,000 | A carport had its roof blown off of a metal garage. |
| December 2013 | Flood | Maltersville | $5,000 | The local emergency manager reported a few county roads under water. One car became stalled in high water on Greener Road. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntingburg | $5,000 | A local newspaper reported that a semi truck overturned on U.S. 231 just north of Phoenix Drive due to strong winds. |
| October 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | St Marks | $5,000 | The door of a house was blown out about four miles northeast of Ferdinand, near the start of the tornado path. A barn was damaged about a half mile south of Kyana, near the end of the damage path. Over 100 large oak trees were snapped off or uprooted in the Ferdinand Forest. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntingburg | $5,000 | Eight pickup toppers were destroyed at a farm implements sales company. An aluminum trailer was also flipped. |
| January 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Holland | $4,000 | An EF-0 tornado briefly touched down 2.7 miles southwest of Huntingburg. An outbuilding was destroyed with debris scattered into trees for a quarter of a mile to the east. Maximum winds were estimated at 80 mph. |
| June 2004 | Lightning | Jasper | $3,500 | A lightning strike at the Jasper Water Treatment Plant damaged a control panel and a surge protector. The time of occurrence was estimated. |
| August 2014 | Flood | Huntingburg | $3,000 | Local police reported that Main Street in downtown Huntingburg flooded. At least one car stalled in an area of standing water. |
| May 1986 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $2,500 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntingburg | $1,000 | A tree was blown down in Huntingburg and power lines were blown down in the vicinity of Jasper. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Holland | - | A couple of homes received hail damage. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kellerville | - | A tree was blocking both lanes of North 300 East Road. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thales | - | There was a tree down on the 8900 block of North 400 East Road. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ireland | - | A tree was down blocking one lane of West Stewart Road. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntingburg | - | There was a power pole and tree down and on fire on the 1100 block of Ridgewood Drive. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kyana | - | A tree was blocking both lanes on the 7800 block of South 600 East. |
The Survey's mineral resources record lists 5 workings inside this county. 3 still produce and 2 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Clay | 2 |
| Stone | 1 |
| Aluminum, Silica, Water, Free, Iron | 1 |
| Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken | 1 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coal I Underclays | Aluminum, Silica, Water, Free, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Dubois County Highway Dept. | Stone | Producer | ||
| Huntingburg Pit & Mill | Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bartelt Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Coal I Underclays | Clay | Past Producer |
History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910 devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 12 are reproduced here in full. Each row shows the township's own shape and where it lies in the county, drawn from the Census Bureau's boundary. Which settlements belong to which township is computed from that same boundary, not taken from the book.
| Shape and position in the county | Township | Settlements in it | Length | Sections |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bainbridge Township | Jasper, Maltersville | 1,079 words | 0 | |
| Boone Township | Portersville | 1,635 words | 0 | |
| Cass Township | Holland, Johnsburg, Saint Henry | 2,531 words | 9 | |
| Columbia Township | Crystal, Cuzco, Hillham | 784 words | 0 | |
| Ferdinand Township | Ferdinand | 272 words | 0 | |
| Hall Township | Celestine, Ellsworth | 365 words | 0 | |
| Harbison Township | Dubois Crossroads, Haysville, Kellerville, Thales | 1,134 words | 0 | |
| Jackson Township | Bretzville, Kyana, Saint Anthony, Saint Marks | 466 words | 0 | |
| Jefferson Township | Birdseye, Mentor, Schnellville | 824 words | 0 | |
| Madison Township | Ireland, Millersport | 619 words | 0 | |
| Marion Township | Dubois | 174 words | 0 | |
| Patoka Township | Duff, Huntingburg | 1,143 words | 0 |
2 books written about this county, cut here where the book itself is cut, at its printed chapters: 29 chapters in all. Every chapter is public domain, machine-read from the scan and reproduced complete. A chapter already given under one of the county's towns is not repeated in this list.
| Chapter | Length |
|---|---|
| Chapter 1: Early Settlement | 1,454 words |
| Chapter 2: Odds and Ends of Early Days | 1,683 words |
| Chapter 3: Early Land Titles and Settlers | 2,011 words |
| Chapter 4: Early Public and Private Buildings | 1,105 words |
| Chapter 5: Churches and Religions | 489 words |
| Chapter 6: Schools and Education | 1,735 words |
| Chapter 7: Military History | 2,036 words |
| Chapter 8: Transportation, Products, Manufactured Goods, Population and | 737 words |
| Chapter 9: Townships and Towns | 4,162 words |
Everyone History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910 stops to write about, with the section that describes them. Among them are the men who founded the place and governed the Territory. Each name opens the passage itself, in the words of 1910.
Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.
Ferdinand township · 47532 · On Pale Run · Saint Meinrad quadrangle
16 sheets, 1900 to 1994
Bainbridge township · 47546 · On Flat Creek · Huntingburg quadrangle
14 sheets, 1954 to 1994
Boone township · 47546 · On Portersville Drain · Jasper quadrangle
15 sheets, 1946 to 1994
Jackson township · 47575 · On Richland Creek · Saint Anthony quadrangle
13 sheets, 1955 to 1994
Jackson township · 47575 · On Richland Creek · Saint Anthony quadrangle
13 sheets, 1955 to 1994
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