Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
One of 19 National Register listings published here for Dubois County · listed in 1990 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
The chapter on Harbison Township in History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910, published 1910 names Dubois. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
This township honors the name of a pioneer family of Dubois county. The first land entered in the township was the southwest quarter of section thirty-six, township one, north, range five west, under date of May 29, 1807. It is on the "Buffalo Trace," and the entry was made by Samuel McConnell.
Passage source: History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910, published 1910.
In Harbison township lived General John Abel, a surveyor, assessor, and a member of the thirty-seventh session of the Indiana legislature. It is said Andrew F. Kelso, who came to Dubois county, in 1817, erected one of the first grist mills in the county. His mill was at Dubois. Later in life he had a mill at Ireland. Andrew F. Kelso was born in 1807, and is the father of Lemuel L. Kelso, formerly of Boone township.
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 Harbison Township - 1,134 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dubois, the town this property stands in, 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 |
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.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana Desk Company | 7.5 miles | 2025 | |
 | Gramelspacher-Gutzweiler House | 7.7 miles | 1983 |
 | St. Joseph Catholic Church | 7.7 miles | 1980 |
| Jasper Downtown Historic District | 7.8 miles | 2017 | |
 | Dubois County Courthouse | 7.8 miles | 1996 |
 | Louis H. Sturm Hardware Store | 7.8 miles | 2003 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90000329 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Dubois County | All 19 listed properties in this county. |
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