Editing Huntingburg, Indiana (section)

==History==
Huntingburg was [[plat]]ted in 1837 by Colonel Jacob Geiger who purchased {{convert|1920|acre|km2}} of land and became one of the city's first permanent settlers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://americanprofile.com/articles/col-jacob-geigers-favorite-hunting-grounds/|title=Col. Jacob Geiger's Favorite Hunting Grounds|date=10 February 2002}}</ref><ref name="History" /> It was likely so named because the site had been a popular hunting ground.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n162 163]}}</ref> Huntingburg was incorporated as a town in 1866.<ref name="History">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historyofduboisc00wils | title=History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910 | publisher=Published by the author. | author=Wilson, George R. | year=1910 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofduboisc00wils/page/365 365]–366}}</ref>

The [[Huntingburg Commercial Historic District]] and [[Huntingburg Town Hall and Fire Engine House]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

The Huntingburg post office has been in operation since 1842.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Dubois | title=Dubois County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=6 July 2016}}</ref>

As part of Dubois County, Huntingburg re-entered the [[Eastern Time Zone]] on November 4, 2007, after 15 months on the [[Central Time Zone]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070921/NEWS07/709210333 | title = 5 counties do time warp again | newspaper = The Journal Gazette | agency = [[Associated Press]] | first = Mike | last = Smith | date = September 21, 2007 | access-date = November 17, 2012 | archive-date = June 21, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180621143432/http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070921%2FNEWS07%2F709210333 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

On May 14, 2020, during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Indiana|2019-20 coronavirus pandemic]], the city's local meat processing plant run by Farbest Foods reported 42 cases of [[COVID-19]] among the employees, resulting in an 2-day closure beginning on May 18.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://duboiscountyherald.com/b/42-covid-19-cases-confirmed-at-farbest|title=42 COVID-19 cases confirmed at Farbest|date=May 14, 2020|work=Dubois County Herald}}</ref>
[[File:HuntingburgHistoricForthStreet.jpg|alt=A street market event at Huntingburg Historic 4th Street|thumb|A street market event at Huntingburg Historic 4th Street]]