Dunnington, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Dunnington, Indiana
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Mapsize:150px
Pushpin Map:USA Indiana Benton County
Pushpin Label:Dunnington
Pushpin Map Caption:Dunnington'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:Parish Grove
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Coordinates:40.5642°N -87.4908°W
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation Ft:768
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:47944
Area Code:765
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:18-19126[2]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:433799

Dunnington is a small unincorporated community in Parish Grove Township, Benton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[3]

History

Named for Capt. James Dunn,[4] it stands about one and a half miles west of its smaller sister town, Dunn. A post office was established at Dunnington in 1888, and was discontinued in 1903.[5] In the early 20th century it supported a Catholic church and school, a general store, a Forresters lodge and about half a dozen residences[6] (an estimate similar to the town's current size). St. Mary's Catholic Church, established in the late 19th century, was renovated in the early 1950s and was home to St. Mary's Catholic School, which closed in the late 1960s.

Geography

Dunnington is located at 40.5642°N -87.4908°W, on the border of Parish Grove Township and Hickory Grove Township, two miles east of the border with Illinois. Indiana State Road 71 passes north through the town, and a small creek named Kult Ditch flows northwest toward Mud Creek.

Notable people

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|433799}} Dunnington, 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, who founded nearby Dunnington..
  5. 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 .
  6. Book: Birch , Jesse Setlington . History of Benton County and Historic Oxford . 1928 . 1942 . Craw & Craw . Oxford, Indiana . Unincorporated community s of the County . 201 .