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Welcome to Dunlay ...

Dunlay is located in Hill Country.

Dunlay is located in Medina County<1>.

Dunlay was established in 1881.

Dunlay is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Dunlay: 830

Communities Also Named Dunlay ...

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

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

Communities near Dunlay ...

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

  • Hondo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Devine
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Castroville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Lytle
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lytle is located in Atascosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lytle <3>
  • Natalia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • LaCoste
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • LaCoste is located in Medina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaCoste
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,263 people
    • LaCoste has also been known as:
    • La Coste
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaCoste <3>
  • New Fountain
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • New Fountain is located in Medina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fountain
  • Pearson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pearson is located in Medina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
  • Rio Medina
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Mico
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)

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 Dunlay. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dunlay.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dunlay ...

Looking for more information about Dunlay? 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 Dunlay, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dunlay.

Adding Dunlay to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dunlay 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 Dunlay was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Dunlay post office opened in 1895. The Dunlay post office closed in 1974.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dunlay.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Medina, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dunlay - 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/