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Dubois, Indiana

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47527. It stands on Polson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dubois quadrangle. 478 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 505 feet above sea level.

Dubois within Dubois County

On record in Dubois

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Dubois fell from 488 to 478 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010488
2020478-10 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

In the county-history sources

174 words on this township

History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910, published 1910 names this settlement in its chapter on Marion Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Marion township is the smallest township in Dubois county, containing but thirty-two and one-fourth square miles. However, in 1907 it was estimated to be worth $400,000. Originally, it was part of Bainbridge, Hall, Columbia, Harbison, and Patoka townships - in fact, it was created from parts of the five original townships.

Passage source: History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910, published 1910.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Marion Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Dubois: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Aluminum, Silica, Water, Free, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Coal I UnderclaysClayPast Producer
Coal I UnderclaysAluminum, Silica, Water, Free, IronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dubois County

Storms near this place

20 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dubois in 20 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 5 flash flood, 3 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2019Thunderstorm WindDubois$20,000Power lines were reported down along Jasper Dubois Road.
March 2020Flash FloodDubois$15,000There was a car stuck in high water.
March 2023Flash FloodDubois-Flash Flooding was observed along Jasper Dubois Road south of Indiana Route 545.
September 2022Flash FloodDubois-A school basement in the town of Dubois flooded, and local emergency services were requested to help remove water from the school. Rainfall totals of between 3 and 4 inches were observed in the vicinity of the flooding reports.
August 2021Flash FloodDubois-There was significant street flooding in the town of Dubois. The gymnasium was flooded at the intermediate school.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindDubois-Trees and branches were reported down in the area.
June 2018FloodDubois-The emergency manager reported that State Road 545 has flowing water over it that has pushed large rocks onto the roadway.
April 2015FloodDubois-State officials reported that numerous roads were closed due to high water. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain fell across the county on top of saturated ground.
April 2015FloodDubois-State officials reported numerous road closures due to high water. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain fell on top of saturated ground.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindDubois-Several trees were downed in the town of Dubois. The local fire department estimated 60 mph winds.
February 2008Flash FloodDubois-Parts of Dubois Road Norteast were closed due to high water.
April 2006HailDubois-Quarter size hail was hitting the roof at the 911 center.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindDubois-Large limbs were blown down. A funnel cloud was also spotted.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindDubois-Numerous large trees were blown down.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindDubois-A 60 mph wind gust was measured at Patoka Lake.
February 1999HailDubois-Quarter size hail fell in northeast part of county
March 2012HailDubois-no account filed
May 2006HailDubois-no account filed
June 2006HailDubois-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindDubois-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dubois County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Dubois Crossroads2.5 miles13
Kellerville2.9 miles13
Crystal4.2 miles13
Celestine4.4 miles13
Thales4.5 miles12
Ellsworth4.7 miles13
Cuzco4.8 miles13
Haysville6.5 miles15

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on DuboisAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5311054The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 433736. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.