Auburn, IN

The population was only 40 people

Cyclone went through Auburn causing damage to property throughout Auburn.

Last indians were physically removed from DeKalb County

The first courthouse was completed on the public square.

The Church of God was built by the Presbyterians in 1846.

Auburn Academy was first school building built for education in auburn. Before that school was held in taverns and in the courthouse. Until tragically the school in early evening of October 16, 1875, an alarm of fire was given off but the men fighting the fire did not have the equipment to fight it and the building in a short time burned to the ground.

First attempt to hold a fair was a small exhibit made on the old Baker farm, owned by Thomas Ford. Leonard Hoodlemire built the fence enclosing and during the fair the main attraction was a foot race. The next fair was held in the same place

The Republicans drew a great deal of strength from the election of 1860, and afterward bore out this prosperity with repeated successes. In 1868 U. S. Grant received a majority of twenty-four in DeKalb county, out of a total vote of three thousand four hundred and seventy-six. In 1872 Grant was again nominated by the Republican party, and the new party, the Liberal Republicans, nominated Horace Greeley. Grant was again victorious.

The second courthouse of Auburn was finished.

In August of the year 1872 a Catholic priest for the first time visited the city of Auburn. Father August Young was commissioned in this capacity. He found nine Catholic families here at the time, who were: Engelbert Ashley, Joseph Ashley, William H. McIntyre, Jules Beuret, Justin Girardot, Charles Beugnot, Benjamin Goodman, Jacob Hollinger, Stephen Girardot and Patrick Murphy. For two years he had services in the home of Engelbert Ashley, on West Seventh street.

In the beginning of the year 1874 there was no bank in Auburn, there were citizens who were willing to engage in banking, but they had no experience. On March 2nd, two men names Riley and Mots, from Wabash, visited Auburn, to look over the ground preparatory to establishing a bank.

The Auburn Automobile Company grew out of the Eckhart Carriage Company, founded in Auburn, Indiana, in 1875 by Charles Eckhart. Eckhart's sons, Frank and Morris, began making automobiles, absorbing two other local carmakers and moving into a larger plant in 1909. The enterprise was modestly successful until materials shortages during World War I forced the plant to close. In 1919, the Eckhart brothers sold out to a group of Chicago investors, but new owners revived the business but failed to realize their hoped for profits. In 1924, they approached by Errett Lobban Cord, a highly successful automobile salesman, with an offer to run the company. But styling and engineering failed to overcome the fact that Cord's vehicles were too expensive for the Depression-era market and Cord's stock manipulations that would force him to give up control of his car companies. In 1937, production of Auburns, along with that of Cords and Duisenberg’s, ended.

Frank McDowell becomes first graduate of Auburn High School. Later becomes City’s civil engineer

Natural gas was discovered and Auburn Mining company was founded

The Church of God was organized at a very early date in the city of Auburn,the church as a membership of ninety-two. some pastors since 1887 have been Revs. Markley, Neill Fuller, and Harendeen, Bloyd.

The first Methodist service was held near Orangeville in 1837, by N. L. Thomas and Joseph Miller, both then residing on the Maumee. Prayer meetings had been held previously by people of various denomination, without any distinctions

Mayors of AuburnTerm(s)
Donald A. Garwood1900–1902
Thomas H. Sprott1902–1904
James W.Y. McClellan1904–1906, 1914–1918
George O. Dennison1906–1910
Hugh Culbertson1910–1914
Eli C. Walker1918–1922
Warren Lige1922–1935
Lodi E. Potter1935–1948
Hal E. Hoham1949–1952
H. Gerald Oren1952–1964
Clarren L. Boger1964–1968
Donald M. Allison1968–1972
John L. Foley1972–1976
Jesse A. ("Jack") Sanders1976–1984
Burtis L. Dickman1984–1992
Norman N. Rohm1992–2000
Norman E. Yoder2000— Present day.

Indiana University competes in its first-ever basketball game. The Hoosiers travel to Irvington and lose

The Christian church in Auburn was organized in the winter of 1902 by Rev. J. N. Wilson, who was the first pastor. The church building was constructed in 1907, and cost thirty-two hundred dollars.

First yearbook, “The Star,” is published. All 11 seniors are female.

Auburn High school football team wins state championship.

Baseball team chalks up eight wins without a loss, including an 11 to 10 victory over Tri-State College. Sophomores put yearbook together due to senior lack of interest.

Free fall fair has been held in Auburn each year except 1911, when it was held in Garrett.

Started in Auburn, Indiana, in 1913 as the Double Fabric Tire Company, it made tires for the Auburn Automobile Company. In the 1920s, the company changed its name to the Auburn Rubber Company. In 1935, it began making rubber toys, including toy cars, trucks, tractors and animals. The toy company was sold in 1959 and moved its dies to Deming, New Mexico, in a transaction described by author Jonathan Kwitny (1979) in his book, Vicious Circles: The Mafia in the Marketplace, as an example of the penetration of a legitimate business by organized crime. The former plant in Auburn was eventually acquired by Cooper Tire & Rubber Company and is now used by Cooper Standard Automotive. Auburn Rubber in Deming went out of business in 1969.

W. H. McKenney becomes principal. Later McKenney Harrison elementary school was named after him

YMCA of DeKalb County was founded in 1914

Originally opened in 1922 West course

KKK members in Auburn rose to over 700 members.

Girls Basketball team stomps Butler 110-2, finishes season 12-1.

Sophomore Virgil Korff becomes first Auburn High school student to earn a four-years college scholarship, as Purdue gives him a full ride for corn-raising project presented at the State Corn and Potato Show. Also Girls basketball team earns state championship

The official city logo,was the former Auburn Automobile Company. The company went out of business in the 1930s. The municipality began using the logo in the 1980s. The city's official nickname is '"Home of the Classics,"' a reference to the "classic" automobiles once manufactured there.

First school band forms. “The Red Shadows” becomes first team name.

The Dillinger Gang struck the police station in Auburn, Indiana, just after breaking John Dillinger out of jail in Lima, Ohio. The three men stole from the police station one Thompson machine gun, one Spanish .45, one German Luger, one colt .45, one .44 Smith & Wesson, one .30-caliber Springfield, two .38 revolvers, a shotgun, three bulletproof vests and over 1,245 rounds of ammo. They left quietly after locking the two policemen on duty up in a cell.

Don Lash, track and field champion won the 1938 James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States, graduated from Auburn High School in 1933.

Auburn high school construction started in 1939, but was delayed because of world war 2 but was finished by war end. Also Auburn High school was Red devils was the mascot.

Free Fall Fair canceled due to World War 2

First Auburn Cord Duesenberg festival started in 1958 and counties to this day. Over 200,000 visitors come from across world to see festival every year.

Indiana past laws forcing schools to reform,the result Waterloo and auburn school merge.

F4 tornado hit 24.4 miles away from the center of the city. 294 injured, 18 dead. $50,000,000 in damage.

Blizzard killed 11 people in Indiana, causing Ronald Reagan to come to Fort Wayne to help with sandbags.

The Barons have won two state championships. The first was in baseball in 1980 and the second was in football in 1986.

Dekalb High School marching band first made it to finals in 1982. Then would go on to be in finals 18

4.5 magnitude earthquake 60 miles from city center

North Street YMCA , was built in 1996

Metal Technology Inc. founded in 1997 and founded by: Rick James and Keith Turner on 1401 S Grandstaff Dr.

July of 1999 the Greenhurst open their secound golf course, the east course

The DeKalb Outdoor Theater Project was initiated by a group of individuals in DeKalb County, Indiana, who recognized the need to promote the arts as an integral part of the community. The DeKalb Outdoor Theater opened for its first season of events in 2009. The response by the community has been overwhelming.

2011 census indicated that Auburn had population of 12,802

Little Caesars open on 279 Center St, Auburn.
Hours: Wednesday hours 11:00 am–10:00 pm

Romney 52%, Obama 43% for DeKalb County