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Welcome to Dunn ...

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

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


Dunn would have been located within present day Benton County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Dunn, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Dunn, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1907.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Dunn is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Dunn (for example, toward Wellington (IL)), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

If Dunn still existed, it would have been in the (765) area code.

Communities Also Named Dunn ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Dunn - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (3), California, Florida, Georgia (3), Illinois, Louisiana, Manitoba, Missouri (2), North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Dunn ...

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

  • Hoopeston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hoopeston have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopeston
    • Hoopeston is located in Vermilion County (IL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,940 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoopeston <6>
  • Fowler
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Kentland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kentland have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentland
    • Kentland is located in Newton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,650 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kentland <6>
  • Rossville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
    • Rossville is located in Vermilion County (IL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,202 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rossville <6>
  • Milford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milford have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
    • Milford is located in Iroquois County (IL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,155 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milford <6>
  • Oxford
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxford have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Oxford is located in Benton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,145 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <6>
  • Goodland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sheldon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
    • Sheldon is located in Iroquois County (IL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 935 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sheldon <6>
  • Boswell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boswell have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boswell
    • Boswell is located in Benton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boswell <6>
  • Earl Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl Park
    • Earl Park is located in Benton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 342 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 Dunn. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dunn.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dunn. 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 Dunn.

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

Adding Dunn to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dunn in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Dunn was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Dunn post office opened in 1907.

We also found Dunn on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dunn.

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Dunn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Benton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dunn - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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