Dunn, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Dunn, Indiana
Settlement Type:extinct town
Mapsize:150px
Pushpin Map:USA Indiana Benton County
Pushpin Label:Dunn
Pushpin Map Caption:Dunn's location in Benton County
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Benton
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Hickory Grove
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Coordinates:40.5639°N -87.4639°W
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation Ft:797
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:47944
Area Code:765
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:18-19108[2]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:433791

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

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

Dunn is located at 40.5639°N -87.4639°W 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. Web site: US Board on Geographic Names. 2008-01-31. United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25.
  2. Web site: U.S. Census website . . 2008-01-31 .
  3. Web site: [{{GNIS3|433791}} Dunn, Indiana ]. . . February 29, 2020.
  4. Book: Baker, Ronald L.. From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. registration. October 1995. Indiana University Press. 978-0-253-32866-3. 118. ...and named for Captain James Dunn....
  5. Book: Birch , Jesse Setlington . History of Benton County and Historic Oxford . 1928 . 1942 . Craw & Craw . Oxford, Indiana . 201 . Towns of the County .
  6. Helbock, Richard W. United States Post Offices, Volume V - The Ohio Valley (2002) Scappoose, Oregon: La Posta Publications, p. 63
  7. Web site: Benton County . Jim Forte Postal History . 26 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140903094530/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Benton . 3 September 2014 .