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Welcome to Dundas ...

Dundas is located in Calumet County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dundas, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1846.

Dundas is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Dundas: 920 & 274<3>

Communities Also Named Dundas ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Dundas - they are located in Illinois, Minnesota, New Brunswick, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario, Prince Edward Island and Virginia.

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

Communities near Dundas ...

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

  • Appleton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Neenah
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • De Pere
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Fox Crossing
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Menasha
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Menasha have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menasha
    • Menasha is located in Winnebago County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,796 people
  • Ashwaubenon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Kaukauna
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Allouez
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Harrison
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Chute
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

Adding Dundas to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dundas 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 Dundas was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Dundas post office opened in 1846.

We also found Dundas in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dundas.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Calumet, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dundas - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 920 code has been Overlayed with the 274 area code. New phone numbers in the Dundas area will be assigned with one of these codes: 920 or 274. As a result, placing a call in the Dundas area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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