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Do you know of Dunn ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Dunn. 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 Dunn.

We found mention of Dunn as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Washington County, Pennsylvania.

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.

Communities Also Named Dunn ...

We found nineteen communities that share the name Dunn.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Dunn is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Pike County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Dunn [Pike County].
    • Arkansas
      • Cross County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Dunn [Cross County].
      • Monroe County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Dunn [Monroe County].
      • Randolph County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Dunn [Randolph County].
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Dunn [San Bernardino County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Dunn [Hillsborough County].
    • Georgia
      • Fannin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Dunn [Fannin County].
      • Forsyth County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Dunn [Forsyth County].
      • Murray County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Dunn [Murray County].
    • Illinois
      • Moultrie County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Dunn [Moultrie County].
    • Indiana
      • Benton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Dunn [Benton County].
    • Louisiana
      • Richland Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Dunn [Richland Parish].
    • Manitoba
      • Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Dunn.
    • Missouri
      • New Madrid County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Dunn [New Madrid County].
      • Texas County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Dunn [Texas County].
    • North Carolina
      • Harnett County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Dunn [Harnett County].
    • Tennessee
      • Lawrence County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Dunn [Lawrence County].
    • Texas
      • Scurry County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Dunn [Scurry County].
    • Wyoming
      • Dunn #
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Dunn.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Dunn ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Dunn:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Dunn - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for Dunn.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/20360   (Place Name: Dunn (Dunns Station))

County: Washington     (FIPS State/County: 42/125)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Dunn) 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  Washington County ...

Can you help?

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 Washington County.

Acme 
AndersonLa Gonda
AtchinsonLimetown
 Lindley's Mills Station
BairdLindley's Mills
BamfordLucyville
BancroftLuellen
Bartholdi 
Beck's MillsMannington
Belle Vernon StationMaple
BellfieldMcKean
BrenemanMeadowleads
BurnsvilleMeloy
 Monarch
CardvilleMonongahela City
Cecil - Bishop 
CentralNolton
Clarksville 
ClokeyPalanka
Coal BluffPike Run
Cross Creek VillagePitco
CrothersPleasant Hill
  
DonelyRaccoon
DonsfortRacine
Dunns StationRepublican
 Richfol
East Bethlehem 
East BuffaloSaint Cloud
EllwoodShaw Mine
ElvillaSouth Burgettstown
EnglandSunset
Eutaw 
 Topsail
FallowfieldTylerdale Junction
Fargo 
FinneydaleVienna
Fisher - Eldora 
Fisher HeightsWashington North
FortuneWashington West
Francis MineWebster
 Wesco
GarwoodWest Belle Vernon
GeorgeWest Brownsville Junction
GilmoreWest Columbia
Greer'sWest Monesson
 Wickerham Manor - Fisher
Harmon's CreekWilna
HazzardWood Run
HillsWood's Run
Houston RunWyland
Houstonville 
HylandYortysville
  
KarenZollarsville

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Dunn could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.









 

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