[5] Haub built the community's first home, combining a stagecoach shop, general store, and trading post to accommodate travelers on the Noon Day Stage Coach route running to Vincennes.

A dance hall was later also built above Mr. Haub's tavern and store, and the complex would later become known as The Log Inn, the area's famous restaurant.

The Haubstadt State Bank (now Town Hall) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

[6] On June 14, 1990, a train, operated by Jacksonville, Florida-based CSX Transportation, was coming into Haubstadt from the south and around 7:00pm suddenly there was a large crash followed by a lightning-like flash from an electric pole accompanied by a thunderclap and a town-wide power failure.

In the derailment, at least five buildings, most of downtown and much of Haubstadt's history was destroyed in about ten seconds.

When it was later learned the train was possibly carrying ammonia, Haubstadt was mostly evacuated, mainly by people with respiratory illnesses such as asthma.

It was later found that the ammonia cars were empty and that the smell was residue that was released into the air.

Haubstadt Johnson High School (merged into Gibson Southern High School in 1974) Haubstadt has a public library, a branch of the Fort Branch-Johnson Township Public Library system.

[10] Tri-State Speedway, a 1/4 mile dirt oval racing track, was opened in 1957, roughly 1 mile east of town, next to US 41. and is host to World of Outlaws and USAC National Sprint Car Championship racing.