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This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Dune Park. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Dune Park.<1>
Our sources for Dune Park (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Dune Park other than they indicate that Dune Park would be found somewhere in Porter County, Indiana.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1907 and closed in 1913.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Dune Park ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Dune Park:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Dune Park - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned
SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)
The FIPS database contains an entry for Dune Park.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 18/19009 (Place Name: Dune Park)
County: Porter (FIPS State/County: 18/127)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Dune Park) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Porter County ...
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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Porter County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |