Dunn, Indiana

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Dunn, Indiana
Extinct town
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Benton County's location in Indiana
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Dunn
Dunn's location in Benton County
Coordinates: 40°33′50″N87°27′50″W / 40.56389°N 87.46389°W / 40.56389; -87.46389
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Indiana.svg  Indiana
County Benton
Township Hickory Grove
Elevation
[1]
243 m (797 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47944
Area code 765
FIPS code 18-19108 [2]
GNIS feature ID 433791

Dunn is an extinct town in Hickory Grove Township, Benton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [3]

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Named for Capt. James Dunn, [4] it stands about one and a half miles east of Dunnington. In the 1920s it had two general stores, a grain elevator and about half a dozen residences. [5] The post office at Dunn was established in 1907 and discontinued in 1913. [6] [7]

Geography

Looking north along the overgrown rail line. Dunn, Indiana railroad.png
Looking north along the overgrown rail line.

Dunn is located at 40°33′50″N87°27′50″W / 40.56389°N 87.46389°W / 40.56389; -87.46389 along Benton County Road 300 South, on the border of Parish Grove Township and Hickory Grove Township. A defunct and overgrown rail line runs north and south through the settlement.

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Dunn, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  4. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  118. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. ...and named for Captain James Dunn...
  5. ↑ Birch, Jesse Setlington (1942) [1928]. "Towns of the County". History of Benton County and Historic Oxford. Oxford, Indiana: Craw & Craw. p. 201.
  6. ↑ Helbock, Richard W. United States Post Offices, Volume V - The Ohio Valley (2002) Scappoose, Oregon: La Posta Publications, p. 63
  7. ↑ "Benton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2014.


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