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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Dunn Center (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Dunn Center. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Dunn Center ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Dunn Center: Dunn Ctr. (or less commonly used: Dunn Cen., Dunn Cent. or Dunn Cntr.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Dunn Center is located in Dunn County.

To see how the shape of North Dakota's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dunn County: Billings, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail & Stark.

Below are the counties that are near Dunn Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dunn Center:

  • Dunn County     (The home county of Dunn Center)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dunn Center, with the one closest to Dunn Center listed first.
    • Killdeer
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Killdeer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killdeer
      • Killdeer is located in Dunn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,155 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Killdeer <2>
    • Manning
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Halliday
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Dodge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Twin Buttes
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Buttes
      • Twin Buttes is located in Dunn County
    • Marshall
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • New Hradec
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hradec
      • New Hradec is located in Dunn County
      • Former name for New Hradec:
      • Novy Hradec
  • Billings County
  • McKenzie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dunn Center, with the one closest to Dunn Center listed first.
    • Mandaree
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mandaree have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandaree
      • Mandaree is located in McKenzie County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mandaree <2>
    • Grassy Butte
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • McLean County
    • Elbowoods ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elbowoods. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbowoods
      • Elbowoods is located in McLean County
  • Mercer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dunn Center, with the one closest to Dunn Center listed first.
    • Golden Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Valley
      • Golden Valley is located in Mercer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Golden Valley <2>
    • Red Butte ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Red Butte. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Butte
      • Red Butte is located in Mercer County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dunn Center, see our County-by-County Page for Dunn Center.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Dunn Center ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dunn Center.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Dunn Center. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Dunn Center and those printed in the larger area surrounding Dunn Center.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4> of Dunn Center.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Dunn Center:

Cemeteries Near Dunn Center ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dunn Center.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dunn Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dunn Center, with the one closest to Dunn Center listed first.

  • Dunn Center Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dunn Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dunn Center Cemetery
  • Dunn Center Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dunn Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dunn Center Cemetery
  • Mormannia Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mormannia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mormannia Cemetery
  • Mormannia Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mormannia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mormannia Cemetery
  • Peace Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Peace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peace Cemetery
  • Killdeer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Killdeer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Killdeer Cemetery
  • Oakdale Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakdale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakdale Cemetery
  • St. Edwards Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Edwards Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Edwards Cemetery
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
  • Haven of Rest Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haven of Rest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haven of Rest Cemetery
  • Loring Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Loring Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Loring Cemetery
  • Russian Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Russian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Russian Cemetery
  • Continue List   (29 more) ...
    • St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> to the south of Dodge.
      • The St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. Pauls Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102519 <5>
    • Kyseth Memorial Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kyseth Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kyseth Memorial Cemetery
    • Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<6>

While we didn't find Dunn Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dunn Center.

  • Oakdale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
    • Oakdale is located in Dunn County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dunn Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dunn Center.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dunn Center. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of North Dakota: www.nd.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dunn Center) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dunn Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.3533, Longitude: -102.6244       In this case, the coordinates for Dunn Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<6>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 Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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