Dunn, Indiana
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Dunn is a ghost town in Hickory Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana, United States. Named for Capt. James Dunn, 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.[3] The post office at Dunn was established in 1907 and discontinued in 1913.[4]
[edit] Geography
Looking north along the overgrown rail line.
Dunn is located at 40°33′50″N 87°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.
[edit] References
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ Birch, Jesse Setlington (1942) [1928]. "Towns of the County". History of Benton County and Historic Oxford. Oxford, Indiana: Craw & Craw. pp. p. 201.
- ^ Helbock, Richard W. United States Post Offices, Volume V - The Ohio Valley (2002) Scappoose, Oregon: La Posta Publications, p. 63
