Haubstadt State Bank

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

From the record

“Haubstadt State Bank, also known as Old Haubstadt State Bank and New Town Hall, is a historic bank building located at Haubstadt, Indiana. It was built in 1904, and is a brick and Indiana limestone building with two additions.”
Wikipedia article Haubstadt State Bank, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 10 National Register listings published here for Gibson County · listed in 1984 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 101 S. Main St., Haubstadt, 47639
When was it listed? December 1984
Category. building
Township. Johnson township
National Register reference number. 84000489 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

The ground it stands on

9,092 words

The chapter on Johnson Township in History of Gibson County Indiana, published 1884 names Haubstadt. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

According to the census for the year 1880 the population of this township, including the villages of Fort Branch and Haubstadt, contained 3,211. The population is composed of representatives of several nationalities, among which are English, Germans, Scotch, Irish and a few colored persons. The township is largely peopled by Germans in the central portion. the thrifty and enterprising citizens, and as careful farmers they have contributed very largely to the reputation which Johnson bears as being one of the best agricultural districts in the county.

Passage source: History of Gibson County Indiana, published 1884.

This road has by furnishing easy and accessible markets, contributed largely to the development of the material resources of this séction as well as to the building up of the thriving towns of Fort Branch and Haubstadt. St. James, also a station on the line of The village of Warrenton is located on Section 16, and is

Passage source: History of Gibson County Indiana, published 1884.

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 Johnson Township - 9,092 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Storms near this property

18 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haubstadt, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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
March 2012	Hail	Haubstadt	$3,000,000	A severe hail event, with hail near baseball size, occurred in southern Gibson county causing extensive damage to homes, businesses, vehicles and other structures. Some of the largest hail was reported just south of Fort Branch. Ninety six homes were damaged with many having major shingle damage, siding damage, and windows broken out. One insurance company alone reported 500 vehicles damaged, with many of those being totaled by the large hail.
March 2025	Tornado (EF2)	Haubstadt	$2,000,000	An EF-2 tornado began just northeast of the Tri State Speedway near Haubstadt. Damage to outbuildings and power poles occurred, along with many trees that were uprooted as it moved northeast crossing Highway 168 and did substantial damage to farm buildings and silos on County Road 550. It eventually crossed Interstate 69 and did roof damage to a church and canopy damage to a Gas Station to the southwest of Oakland City. Several trees were uprooted through town and one mobile home was severely damaged. The tornado continued northeast across the Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge and through Pike County. The tornado continued into Daviess county Indiana and had a total length of just shy of 58 miles. The estimated peak wind was 117 mph.
May 2009	Tornado (EF2)	Haubstadt	$300,000	Maximum winds were estimated near 120 mph at the beginning of the damage path. The most significant damage occurred on a farm on the north side of the Haubstadt Raceway. A 50-foot grain bin was moved off its foundation and destroyed, several large machinery buildings sustained partial losses of roofs and walls, and a race car frame on blocks was moved about 100 feet. Damage intensity decreased eastward along the path. Elsewhere along the path, a barn lost its roof, and several homes received roof damage.
December 2013	Flash Flood	Haubstadt	$30,000	County Road 800S was closed south of Fort Branch. A water rescue was conducted on County Road 750S near Fort Branch, where a mini-van was stranded in floodwater. Another water rescue was conducted on State Route 64 east of Oakland City, near the Pike County line. Three persons were standing on the roof of a car that was submerged in floodwater. Route 64 was closed near the county line. Near Oakland City, a truck was washed off the road on County Road 950E at 350S. West of Princeton, State Route 64 was closed near State Route 65 due to a levee breach. Other roads around the county were covered by water at various locations. A trained spotter in Fort Branch measured 6.80 inches of rain.
April 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Haubstadt	$3,000	A tree was across the road at the intersection of U.S. Highway 41 and State Route 68. A grain bin was destroyed.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Haubstadt	$3,000	Power poles were down.
October 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Haubstadt	$2,000	A large tree was blown down into power lines in Haubstadt.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Haubstadt	$2,000	Construction signs were blown down at the intersection of U.S. Highway 41 and Indiana Highway 68.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Haubstadt	$1,000	A snapped power line was reported near the intersection of U.S. Highway 41 and Highway 68.
September 2018	Flash Flood	Haubstadt	-	Numerous roads were flooded. State Route 64 was flooded. Several county roads were closed. A 24-hour rainfall amount of 6.30 inches was reported in Fort Branch.
March 2012	Hail	Haubstadt	-	Half dollar size hail was reported at Haubstadt.
May 2022	Hail	Haubstadt	-	no account filed
May 2020	Hail	Haubstadt	-	no account filed
March 2017	Hail	Haubstadt	-	no account filed
March 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Haubstadt	-	no account filed
April 2005	Hail	Haubstadt	-	no account filed
May 2004	Flash Flood	Haubstadt	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Haubstadt	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gibson County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 84000489 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Gibson County	All 10 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.