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Haugen was named in 1886 after the Norwegian settler Nils P. Haugen, a local landowner, lawyer and congressman who emigrated from Buskerud, Norway in 1854, A post office called Haugen has been in operation since 1889.

The ZCBJ Hall in Haugen, a historical meeting place for Czech-Americans, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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