Do you know of Hausertown ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hausertown. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Hausertown.<1>

Our sources for Hausertown (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Hausertown other than they indicate that Hausertown would be found somewhere in Owen County, Indiana.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1838 and closed  in 1907.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hausertown ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hausertown:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Hausertown - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

More Orphans in  Owen County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Owen County.