Welcome to Dunham ...

So far, we found very little information about Dunham. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Dunham to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dunham, please Contact Us.

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Dunham would have been located within present day Liberty County<2>.

The location of Dunham has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dunham, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1905.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Dunham is near sea level<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Dunham was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Dunham would have been located in the (912) area code.

Websites for Dunham ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.libertycounty.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Dunham, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Dunham ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Dunham - they are located in Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan (2), Montana, New York, Ohio and Quebec.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dunham.

Communities near Dunham ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dunham.

• Hinesville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinesville
  • Hinesville is located in Liberty County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,085 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hinesville <5>
• Richmond Hill
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
  • Richmond Hill is located in Bryan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,408 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richmond Hill <5>
• Garden Acres
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Acres
  • Garden Acres is located in Liberty County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 8,713 people
• Walthourville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walthourville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthourville
  • Walthourville is located in Liberty County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,065 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walthourville <5>
• Montgomery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
  • Montgomery is located in Chatham County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 2,719 people
• Midway
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
  • Midway is located in Liberty County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,015 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Midway <5>
• Nicholsonville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nicholsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholsonville
  • Nicholsonville is located in Chatham County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 1,869 people
• Screven Fork
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Screven Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screven Fork
  • Screven Fork is located in Liberty County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 771 people
• Riceboro
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riceboro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceboro
  • Riceboro is located in Liberty County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riceboro <5>
• Doe Run Estates
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doe Run Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run Estates
  • Doe Run Estates is located in Liberty County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 736 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Dunham. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dunham.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dunham. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dunham.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dunham. See our Newspapers Page for Dunham.

Adding Dunham to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dunham in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Dunham was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Dunham post office opened in 1905.

We also found Dunham on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Georgia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dunham.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/