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Welcome to Dugdale ...

Dugdale is located in Polk County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dugdale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Dugdale is 1,130 feet [344 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Dugdale lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Dugdale: 218

Communities Also Named Dugdale ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Dugdale - it's located in Yukon.

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

Communities near Dugdale ...

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

  • Crookston
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Red Lake Falls
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Fertile
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • McIntosh
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Erskine
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Plummer
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Plummer is located in Red Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
  • Winger
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Mentor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Brooks
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Brooks is located in Red Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
  • Beltrami
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Beltrami is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beltrami
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 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 Dugdale. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dugdale.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dugdale ...

Looking for more information about Dugdale? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Dugdale, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dugdale.

Adding Dugdale to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dugdale 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 (so far) for Dugdale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Dugdale post office opened in 1884. The Dugdale post office closed in 1927.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dugdale.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Polk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dugdale - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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