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Welcome to Dungeness ...So far, we found very little information about Dungeness. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Dungeness to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dungeness, please Contact Us. Dungeness was located at the north end of the Olympic Peninsula (on the Juan De Fuca Strait). Dungeness would have been located within present day Clallam County<2>. The location of Dungeness has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> The pronunciation of Dungeness: DUHN-juh-nes<4> While we don't have a date for the founding of Dungeness, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892. While the community is gone, the present day location for Dungeness is near sea level<5>. Time Zone: The area where Dungeness was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time If Dungeness still existed, it would have been in the (360) area code. Communities Also Named Dungeness ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Dungeness - it's located in Georgia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dungeness. Communities near Dungeness ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dungeness.
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 Dungeness. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dungeness. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dungeness. 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 Dungeness. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dungeness. See our Newspapers Page for Dungeness. Adding Dungeness to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Dungeness 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 Dungeness was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Dungeness. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Clallam County: www.clallam.net/ The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/ Footnotes ...
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