[4][5] It comprises the same area as the administrative Hablingbo District, established on 1 January 2016.

The first part haghbardhlingar is a combination of Medieval expressions, where inge means "indweller", and Hagbardh a combination of hagh meaning "enclosure" and bardh for "high ridge" which refers to the ridge the Hablingbo Church is built on.

There are house foundations, stone walls, grooves and two hillsforts from the Iron Age.

Two Viking silver treasures have been found in addition to the Havor Ring – one of Sweden's most unique gold finds.

[16] At the beginning of the 20th century, Hablingbo was a station on one of the now discontinued railway lines on Gotland.