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.
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
Evangelische Lutherische Emanuels Kirchelisted 1990
Population over time
2 figuresDubois 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 488 | |
| 2020 | 478 | -10 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Dubois quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Dubois quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
174 words on this townshipHistory 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 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coal I Underclays | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Coal I Underclays | Aluminum, Silica, Water, Free, Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dubois | $20,000 | Power lines were reported down along Jasper Dubois Road. |
| March 2020 | Flash Flood | Dubois | $15,000 | There was a car stuck in high water. |
| March 2023 | Flash Flood | Dubois | - | Flash Flooding was observed along Jasper Dubois Road south of Indiana Route 545. |
| September 2022 | Flash Flood | Dubois | - | 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 2021 | Flash Flood | Dubois | - | There was significant street flooding in the town of Dubois. The gymnasium was flooded at the intermediate school. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dubois | - | Trees and branches were reported down in the area. |
| June 2018 | Flood | Dubois | - | The emergency manager reported that State Road 545 has flowing water over it that has pushed large rocks onto the roadway. |
| April 2015 | Flood | Dubois | - | 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 2015 | Flood | Dubois | - | State officials reported numerous road closures due to high water. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain fell on top of saturated ground. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dubois | - | Several trees were downed in the town of Dubois. The local fire department estimated 60 mph winds. |
| February 2008 | Flash Flood | Dubois | - | Parts of Dubois Road Norteast were closed due to high water. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Dubois | - | Quarter size hail was hitting the roof at the 911 center. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dubois | - | Large limbs were blown down. A funnel cloud was also spotted. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dubois | - | Numerous large trees were blown down. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dubois | - | A 60 mph wind gust was measured at Patoka Lake. |
| February 1999 | Hail | Dubois | - | Quarter size hail fell in northeast part of county |
| March 2012 | Hail | Dubois | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Dubois | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Dubois | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dubois | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dubois Crossroads | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Kellerville | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Crystal | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Celestine | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Thales | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Ellsworth | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Cuzco | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Haysville | 6.5 miles | 15 |
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 Dubois | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5311054 | The 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.






