| 1802 |
First Dubois County settlers lay claim to land. The early settlers are Irish, Scots-Irish and English. |
| 1803 |
Vincennes Tract, including Dubois County, ceded by Indiana to the U.S. Government. |
| 1816 |
Indiana granted statehood. |
| 1817 |
Cumberland Presbyterianism begins in Indiana in Madison Township. |
| 1818 -19 |
Dubois County formed from Pike County territory and named after Toussaint Dubois. Portersville is the county seat. |
| 1829 - 30 |
County seat moved from Portersville to Jasper. |
| 1830 |
City of Jasper platted. |
| 1834 |
First Catholic service in Dubois County, in Jasper. |
| 1836 |
12 German families settle near Jasper; a German-speaking priest, the Rev. Joseph Kundek, assigned there two years later. |
| 1837 |
Huntingburg platted. |
| 1839 |
Log Courthouse in Jasper burns, county records lost forever. |
| 1840 |
Ferdinand platted. |
| 1843 |
The town of Celestine was founded. |
| 1848 |
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church established. |
| 1849 |
The Shiloh Meeting House outside of Ireland constructed by carpenter James Stewart. |
| 1860 |
Lemmon’s Church outside of Ireland constructed. |
| 1860 |
Ireland was officially platted. |
| 1864 |
Schnellville platted. |
| 1867 |
Monastery Immaculate Conception founded in Ferdinand. |
| 1867 |
Maltersville laid out in lots by Anna Malter. |
| 1870 |
The Kitten Company in Ferdinand is producing the first steam-driven threshing machine. |
| 1876 |
The Jasper Desk Co., now the oldest continuous desk manufacturing plant in the U.S., is founded. |
| 1879 |
First railroad enters Dubois County. |
| 1880 |
Construction of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Jasper completed. |
| 1883 |
Kyana platted. |
| 1887 |
Huntingburg Old Town Hall and Fire Engine House built. |
| 1905 |
Dubois County's youngest community, Cuzco, platted. |
| 1906 |
Ferdinand News established. |
| 1910 |
The current Dubois County Courthouse built. |
| 1943 |
Uhl Pottery plant in Huntingburg closes after 35 years of operation there. |
| 1950 |
Jasper is first city in U.S. to require all homes to have garbage disposals, thereby eliminating the need for garbage collection. |
| 1951 |
Memorial Hospital became a reality. |
| 1954 |
Aristokraft begins production as United Cabinet Company in Celestine (now known as MasterBrand) and in 1963 moved to Jasper. |
| 1960 |
Ireland celebrates its 100th birthday. |
| 1963 |
Tornado strikes Jasper. |
| 1964 |
Schnellville celebrates its 100th birthday. |
| 1965 |
Kessner Covered Bridge destroyed by vandals. |
| 1977 |
Old Town Hall of Huntingburg under restoration. |
| 1978 |
Patoka Reservoir built. |
| 1980 |
Kyana’s zip code cancelled. |
| 1984 |
Jasper resident Bill Schroeder receives an artificial heart. The second implant patient, he lives 620 days following surgery, making him the world's longest artificial heart-implant survivor. |
| 1990 |
Huntingburg’s Old Town Hall re-dedicated. |
| 1992 - 96 |
Three movies filmed in Huntingburg. “A Leaugue of Their Own”, “Hard Rain”, and “Soul of the Game”. |
| 1994 |
County Poor Farm destroyed by fire. |
| 1998 |
St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Haysville celebrated it’s 150th birthday. |
| 1999 |
Dubois County Museum opened its doors to the public. |
| 2000 |
Ferdinand Speak-easy razed. |
| 2004 |
Dubois County Museum moved to its current location-in the former Jasper Corporation building. |
| 2005 |
Hillham rejuvenating itself as a town. |
| 2006 |
Ferdinand News celebrates its 100th birthday. |
