Dundas, Wisconsin Explained

Official Name:Dundas, Wisconsin
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Wisconsin#USA
Pushpin Label:Dundas
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Calumet
Subdivision Type3:Town
Subdivision Name3:Woodville
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:810
Coordinates:44.2342°N -88.1983°W
Area Code:920
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1564178

Dundas is an unincorporated community located in the town of Woodville, Calumet County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]

History

A post office called Dundas was first established in 1846.[2] The community was supposedly named by an early settler who had returned from the island of Dundas off the east coast of Africa.[3] The community may also have been named by the first postmaster, David H. Halsted, for William H. Dundas who was the chief clerk of the Post Office Department at the time.[4]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Calumet County. 2011. November 14, 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120130212317/http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/maps/docs/counties/calumet.pdf. January 30, 2012.
  2. Web site: Calumet County . Jim Forte Postal History . 16 March 2015.
  3. Book: Chicago and North Western Railway Company. A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. 1908. 66.
  4. Book: Callary. Edward. Place Names of Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin Press. Madison, WI. 978-0-299-30964-0. 80.
  5. 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1897,' Biographical Sketch of Joseph Wolfinger, pg. 672